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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 04:26 PM
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Hello and thanks in advance. I recently became the owner of a 1988 Corvette convertible. Checking the fuel pump fuse, I was greeted with this wire sticking out of the fuse block. I was attached to the "gauge"


fuse. My question is why?
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Looks like bubba was in there and hooked up something aftermarket
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Originally Posted by mlk1950
Hello and thanks in advance. I recently became the owner of a 1988 Corvette convertible. Checking the fuel pump fuse, I was greeted with this wire sticking out of the fuse block. I was attached to the "gauge"


fuse. My question is why?
no one can know
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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 09:23 PM
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Most likely aftermarket. Follow the wire. It appears to be hooked up to the line side of the fuse, meaning it's not protected.
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Old Jun 11, 2025 | 03:07 PM
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Thank you. Looks like it's time to start tracing. I'm fairly mechanically inclined but just not with Corvettes yet.
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Old Jun 17, 2025 | 12:08 PM
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it was attached to the small gauge orange wire on the radar detector harness.
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