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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 01:32 PM
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It goes all the way to the fuse box, but it does not have its own fuse. You can see in the last picture how its cut off in the fuse box. Its a red wire.



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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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Looks to be added by someone GM would not have routed a hot wire in that way...
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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What do you think it is?
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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Remnants of an aftermarket alarm?
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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Maybe they added an amp at some time? I would remove it you don't want a hot wire that could short out..fiberglass burns very good..
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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I don not think it is anything to wrry abt. I cannot get two of the pics so I am limited to the bottom address #4. It looks foriegn of any wiring harness, but it looks like a #10 orange. Orange is a good color for chevy in Suburbans where it is it is part of a trailer braking package a foreign package to the vette. It looks like it has a tie eye on the end for a termianl but my pic is two blurred. If it goes under the dash it could be a CB radio if the car did some ralleys, could have gone to a stereo amp for a boom box or maybe lighting of some kind. Just role it up nicely and use some black wire tires. If you no where it ends up you have a positive 12V line for the future, but I would say it as a 12V feeder line to some accessory if I see anything. Again orange is hot 12Vs normally for trailer pulling suppling electric trailer brake power on pull trailers or stereo, amp accessories requiring 12 volt lights, aftermarket road driving lights maybe, amp or stereo pre amp of some kind. I judy used and orange #10 GM supplied on my surband to power my air over hydraulic accuator on my boat traier for my disk brakes on the trailr.
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The links should be working better now.
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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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I just checked under the car and found out that its connected to a dark green wire. But where do I connect the other end? Does the overdive have to work properly for the transmisson to work or can you just disable the od?
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I have a totally random green wire coming out of my fuse box, it doesnt do anything and its not hot. Everything works too, soooo
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So don't take your car to Circuit City!

Why can't they tap into an existing circuit or run one with an inline fuse to a hot wire, instead of that ghetto rigged method? The funny part is that way is actually more difficult than doing it right.
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