Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting What's this connector?

Still trying to figure out why this '95 2.5L atx will just b-a-r-e-l-y run!

So, last night after it got dark I went out with my handy-dandy little pen light and carefully scoured the engine bay looking for things like vacuum hoses disconnected, mis-connected, loose connectors, etc. (BTW, I find the little pen light works good in the dark for looking down under the intake manifold, between the rear bank and the firewall, etc.)

So I found a connector that is not plugged in. It is kind of behind the passenger side strut tower, under the ICM. It is a square connector and has two wires to it, both white with purple stripe. The two wires seem to protrude about one inch from a very thick bundle of wires. To say it another way, there is this thick bundle of wires out of which comes these two w/p wires for about an inch, and then they go into this connector.

This connector looks to be very clean on the inside, like it has been recently unplugged. (THis vehicle has been flat bedded to a number of Ford dealers and independant shops before it was brought to me in hopes that I can save it from the crusher, so I don't know who has done what to it. But thats a different story.)

Looking at wiring diagrams, the only thing I find mentioned that has two w/p wires has something to do with a SPOUT connector, but it never says what it connects to.

Can someone jump in here and explain what this connector is, if it does connect to anything, and what it does?
Thanks for any info anyone can shed on this thing.

Reference '95 EVTM manual.

Spark output(SPOUT) check connector, should have a shorting plug installed, sounds like your's is missing. Provides access to spark output timing signal from PCM to ICM(Ignition Control Module).

Is there anothere one back there with the same type of connector? It may be the o2 sensor circuit resistor if my memory serves me correctly.......there should be a small square/rectangular gray looking object tht plugs into the socket....