i know its going to be hard to try to figure this out with no pics but my camera is broke. anyways i have this really long red wire coming out of the wire loom right around where the oil feedline block is and i have no idea where it goes. it doesnt have a connecter on the end and it doesnt look like its been hooked up in a long time but the car has sat for years. is about 2 1/2 feet long and would reach anywhere from the battery to the alternator. any ideas.
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Its probabaly a broken wire to the oil pressure switch. The oil pressure switch powers the fuel pump in even of the fuel pump relay failure, but those wires are #16 awg. The car will run without it, but it it goes to ground it will probably blow a fuse. So fix it if you can
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the wire is like 3 feet long and its coming out of the loom right near the sender plug so i dont think it goes there. also i have hit it against a ground and had it ark and now blown fuse. hell i would be happy if it did blow a fuse that way i know what it goes to.
the wire is like 3 feet long and its coming out of the loom right near the sender plug so i dont think it goes there. also i have hit it against a ground and had it ark and now blown fuse. hell i would be happy if it did blow a fuse that way i know what it goes to.
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so its really hard to see it would be better if i could get it on a lift and look but i think it does. its the wire loom that runs towards the rear of the car. the loom is right next to the trans. lines and the loom also runs next to the motor mount
so its really hard to see it would be better if i could get it on a lift and look but i think it does. its the wire loom that runs towards the rear of the car. the loom is right next to the trans. lines and the loom also runs next to the motor mount
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i found where the wire goes but im unsure on where it suppose to be hooked up to. i traced the wire back to the starter. where does it connect to one side is connected to the starter the other side is connected to nothing.humm
i found where the wire goes but im unsure on where it suppose to be hooked up to. i traced the wire back to the starter. where does it connect to one side is connected to the starter the other side is connected to nothing.humm
So your car runs perfectly normal? Starts, drives, charges the battery?
This makes little sense if that's the case.
I have something similar, but it runs to the trunk where my "real" battery is. I have a fake Optima under the hood, but it's hooked up to all the OEM batt. wires. The real power comes from another wire I have running to the starter?
People do weird crap sometimes. Helps if they give you a heads up when you bought the car though.
This makes little sense if that's the case.
I have something similar, but it runs to the trunk where my "real" battery is. I have a fake Optima under the hood, but it's hooked up to all the OEM batt. wires. The real power comes from another wire I have running to the starter?
People do weird crap sometimes. Helps if they give you a heads up when you bought the car though.
On the starter there are two fusible links connected to (2) red wires. one red wire goes to the fan relays on the drivers side, the other goes to the fusebox, which feeds the headlights, unfused, and then branches off to the the fuse box, and the rest of the fuses. If eveything works i suspect your electric fan is getting power from somewhere else?
Maybe this will help. The pic is a little fuzzy, but it does show a red wire coming from the starter and going to the alternator fusable link. Maybe the link went bad and someone cut it out and replaced it with a solid wire. I'll whip out my manual tomorrow and see what I can come up with.
http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/images/wiring_images/enginecomp.jpg
http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/images/wiring_images/enginecomp.jpg
