Starter on '82 CrossFire is a MESS
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Starter on '82 CrossFire is a MESS
Want to cleanup starter wires, fire waiting to happen!! Apparently previous owner did a butcher job, see pics. Looking for suggestions and pics as to what it should look like. There are multiple wires and I highlighted with arrows, wires that have a black resistor of some sort? But it looks like there are a couple on the same wire. Any help, pic's and guidance would be appreciated for an '82 Vette. Thanks
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Those black "resistor things" are fusible links and are supposed to be there and will help in preventing a fire. I was under my 81 today and see two on my wiring which matches the diagram in the shop manual. I'm not sure if there are supposed to be three on an 82.
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From: Arizona - If you don’t know CFI, STOP proliferating the myths around it...
Just pull the lower harness off and get another one and plug it in and reattach/route the wires properly. That's some "fine bubba work right thar".
