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Stupidly I managed to pull the cables out while removing dash anyone know the order of them off hand so I can get it back together

Thanks

pin 1 white black
2 brown black
3 blue brown
4 black blue
5 blue light blue
6 brown

taken from a late syncro loom I am about to fit

wiring diagrams are in Bentley and downloadable from Syncrosport and elsewhere

Thanks Aidan, that's great

Ok update, back on it today, my van is an 83 so the later syncro wiring is different, I only have 5 wires.
Red
Blue/brown
Grey/green
Brown
Black

Its the small white multi pin that plugs into back of the handbrake light above light switch.

The search continues.........

Thought id figured this out, however i have no dash lights now. Did before....... but i now have hazards switch working ! im guessing i have some bad connections in there somewhere. ill keep at it and hopefully everything will work ( i know wishful thinking for a T25)

it's not just the handbrake light it also gives low fluid level indication (if you have a level sender cap and the wiring to the fluid reservoir) and footbrake dual circuit failure warning too.

A quick look at Bentley says your grey/green is the handbrake, you can easily check that at the switch under the handbrake
brown blue is level sender
How many pins has your edge connector on the module in the dash ?

It would be good if you change the title of this thread to something like 1983 wiring for brake warning light and maybe someone with an early van could take a look at theirs and give you the correct information, I only have late Syncro vans to hand and tbh the wiring diagrams for the early vans aren't that good in Bentley

Generic colours are -
Red - Battery Live (30)
Black - Ignition Live (15)
Brown - Ground / Chassis (31)
Grey / Green - Handbrake (HB)
Blue / Brown - Brake Fluid (FL)

Assuming you have the correct warning light as there are multiple versions
3 pin and 5 pin...

(some 5 pins are for seat belt warnings on the Golf mk1 etc) in which case you may see a terminal marked 61.

Have a look at the edge of the circuit board on your warning light.
All the tracks are labelled.



If you closely at the tips of the tracks you will see on this particular unit...

15 - Ignition Live (black)

HB - handbrake (grey / green)

F - fluid (fluid warning) (blue / brown)

Thanks for all the replies, I'm all sorted now!
Just on case someone else is in the same boat here is a pic of how the cables go