uknown wires
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Racer
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From: deposit new york
uknown wires
hi everyone, i have been working on my replaceing the carpet on my 81, when i removed the drivers side front, i found two unknown pretty heavy wires just hiding under where your feet rest up by the gas pedal. anyone have any ideas what they were for? i have had a slow battery draw and i have not been able to find it, maybe this is the culprit. they seem to run out the firewall behind the fuse block, but i have not been able to trace them from the inside the engine compartment. any ideas? maybe the original alarm? 1 wire seems to have a round quick connect, but the other has no end and i dont see anything that they connected to in the consol.
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Racer
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From: deposit new york
they look factory, and both have a black outer coating, they must have been used for something since someone put a round connect on one and the other has bare wires. they have been under the old carpet for some time, they were both glued to the floor. i can take a pic, but i never have anyluck posting a pic on here, i could email it to you, that might be easier
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Racer
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oh and i fixed everything electronic last year, everything works except the pulse wipers and cruise control, and of course the factory alarm, all i need for the cruise is the servo, so i dont think they were from that, and the pulse wipers i think is my switch or relay. so i have no clue what they are for
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I'm guessing that they were for some aftermarket install, such as an amp, radio or CB?
GM didn't usually wrap individual wires. When they wrapped multiple wires, to create a harness, they used the black harness tape that doesn't have adhesive backing. Those wires look to be wrapped with regular electrical tape.
I can't ever remember seeing a terminal like that one, used anywhere on a Corvette, either.
GM didn't usually wrap individual wires. When they wrapped multiple wires, to create a harness, they used the black harness tape that doesn't have adhesive backing. Those wires look to be wrapped with regular electrical tape.
I can't ever remember seeing a terminal like that one, used anywhere on a Corvette, either.
