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Old May 13, 2016 | 03:01 PM
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I posted this originally in the general section and reposted here in tech. Figured more people here may have had radiator out of car or front bumper cover off.
Have my radiator in and front bumper cover back on and have these four clips left over. Can someone tell me exactly where they go on the car. They were in my bag of hardware labeled front bumper, I have to group stuff in bags now to remember where they go when I have a big project to do.
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They are wire harness clips. They are used to secure the wire harness to a metal section with a flat edge.

The bent part with the little barbs slide over a metal edge and the harness is tucked into the other part of the clip.

I have not had to remove my front clip but, you have a harness somewhere that most likely NOT being properly retained.

They also use them in the tunnel area to route the O2 Sensor wire harness.

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They are wire harness clips. They are used to secure the wire harness to a metal section with a flat edge.

The bent part with the little barbs slide over a metal edge and the harness is tucked into the other part of the clip.

I have not had to remove my front clip but, you have a harness somewhere that most likely NOT being properly retained.

They also use them in the tunnel area to route the O2 Sensor wire harness.

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thanks Bill, I will look or a loose harness when I get back at it.
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Thanks Bill for your help, Because of your comments about the wire thing I went out this am and pulled the two outer covers and the middle air director piece to radiator looking for an unsecured wire harness and figured it out. They help hold the top of the screens in place to the front bumper cover. Only one side of the clip is used and it has barbs on both sides (thats what threw my thinking off, I was looking for an application where both sides were in play) so when I got in there I could see scratch marks on the plastic where the wide side of clip dug into plastic. Now the top is secured with the clips and the bottom has two screws securing it. Thanks again Bill for your help.
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