68' Help identifying this under dash wire.
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68' Help identifying this under dash wire.
Help with identifying this underdash wire in my 68. This is a heavy gauge brown wire. It is coming from the leg of the wiring harness that services the ignition switch. I have replaced the ignition switch. The igition switch has seven poles/spades that the plug plugs into but only six seemed to be used. The spade that is empty is labeled ground. I know that igition switches may have been used in several different GM models. The igition switch does seem to work so far meaning the engine turns over. I don't know if this brown wire has anything to do with the ignition switch because the ground I assume would be a black wire and this wire in question is brown. Does anybody know where this heavy gauge brown wire goes and what it services? Thanks, Tom.
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It's been a few years since I replaced all the wiring in my 68 and I remember the brown 12 gauge wire plugged into a capacitor mounted to or near the back of the tach. It seems rather strange to have a powered wire do nothing but plug into a noise suppression capacitor.
Remember we're dealing with a 68 and they have more than a few one of a kinds!
Just pulled out the OH SO EZ wiring diagram and it's labeled Radio Capacitor Connector On Ignition Switch. It splits off of a brown 12 gauge wire that runs from the fuse block up to the ignition switch.
Remember we're dealing with a 68 and they have more than a few one of a kinds!
Just pulled out the OH SO EZ wiring diagram and it's labeled Radio Capacitor Connector On Ignition Switch. It splits off of a brown 12 gauge wire that runs from the fuse block up to the ignition switch.
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It's been a few years since I replaced all the wiring in my 68 and I remember the brown 12 gauge wire plugged into a capacitor mounted to or near the back of the tach. It seems rather strange to have a powered wire do nothing but plug into a noise suppression capacitor.
Remember we're dealing with a 68 and they have more than a few one of a kinds!
Just pulled out the OH SO EZ wiring diagram and it's labeled Radio Capacitor Connector On Ignition Switch. It splits off of a brown 12 gauge wire that runs from the fuse block up to the ignition switch.
Remember we're dealing with a 68 and they have more than a few one of a kinds!
Just pulled out the OH SO EZ wiring diagram and it's labeled Radio Capacitor Connector On Ignition Switch. It splits off of a brown 12 gauge wire that runs from the fuse block up to the ignition switch.
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