steering column wiring

[john h]

Guys,
I'm working on some wiring projects and also some audio upgrades.  I was digging around under my dash and I found the white connector with the 12ga red wire burned and it had been snipped but not properly terminated.  Just snipped.  I have owned the car since 1986 but I was the 3rd owner.  I did not snip that wire.  Looking at the diagram, I can trace it from the column to the white disconnect.  the diagram has it listed as a 12R battery.  after the disconnect it turns into J1-12R  that splits out to many locations R6a-12BK to the ammeter,  R6-12bk to the firewall disconnect #18and L1-12bk that goes to the headlight switch.  My question is where does it go on the steering column and what would not be working having that wire cut???  my ammeter works, my charging worked although as part of this upgrade, I did an alternate charge wire.  all of my headlight switches work.   

Thanks for any help you can provide.
John

[Bullitt-]

http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/1973/73ChallengerB.JPG

I see the Red wire your describing 12R which provides constant power to the steering column through the wide flat 8-terminal connector, if it were cut the car would not start.
There are a couple of other Red wires in the diagram so I wonder if your confusing one of them... the radio has a 2-wire white T-shaped connector Red(power) & Orange(lamp) which comes to mind...
Where is the connector in question located on the harness? 

[john h]

this was really bugging me so I crawled under the dash last nigh again...  I unwrapped the mass of wires and found that someone had cut and bypassed the clip.  they wired in the same gage wire and spliced it into the harness under the dash and the wire coming from the steering column.  it's a terrible wire around but at least they used the same gage wire and it's been working all these years. 

Thanks for the reply.
John