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4dr 57 "6th Year" Silver Supporting Member Posts 2744 
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06-11-12 05:40 AM - Post#2235700
It never ends, I was told. I'm beginning to believe it. And although I can't wait to get to the part where she gets a one piece front bumper again, at this point in time the dash trim got taken off and cleaned. It went back together all right but when the key got twisted I had squat. Removing everything from the left side of the dash again was ok and resulted seeing a floating a 18 or 20 ga. tan wire and an empty terminal on the ignition. Looking at the wiring diagram tells me this little wire seems to control some major ignition heat in that it is connected to the solenoid! I don't understand the function of this 'Little' wire. The diagram shows that it also feeds into the loom? That probably explains why the oil pressure lite didn't come on. Funny, the reason the wire got pulled off the terminal in the first place was because the installer tied all his radio wires to a couple of pink feed wires, or basically the wiring loom, Mexican style with a tiny plastic tye. When the radio was let down enough, albeit supported, towards the floor the tie in took this tan wire with it. Nothing bad happened to the wire, it just got pulled off.  Can someone tell me what it is about this wire that gives it such control over major circuits? I am pretty sure it is mainly part of the start cycle but how, I don't know. Or why they use such a dinky wire? Where does it get power from? Any help would be appreciated. Thank You. Stanley
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acardon "9th Year" Silver Supporting Member Posts 9456 
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06-11-12 06:46 AM - Post#2235722
If it's not cranking, you have other wires besides the tan wire off the ignition switch. There is a tan wire that goes to the oil light and also another tan wire going to the ballest resistor from the "ign" terminal of the switch. The larger purple (or possible blue) wire supplies power to the starter solenoid from the "sol" terminal. .... Link to diagram. ...... Link to ignition switch.
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4dr 57 "6th Year" Silver Supporting Member Posts 2744
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06-11-12 01:02 PM - Post#2235855
Yessir, that was exactly the case!  The 3 ganged terminal was off the hook too! It works fine now. Thank You! Stanley PS There was a hole in the defrost transfer metal so I put a black plastic engine harness clip in it, and secured the bundled radio/stero wires.
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