What does this wire go to
I hv two open wires. My pictres dont pick them up in prior photos to were they went.
Its a yellow wire, it was coupled in the old fabrick casing with a green wire [runs to water thermostat sensor] and a black fabric coated wire. For some reason, when i tried starting, the yellow wire got hot and sort of fused with top of valve cover pan were a piece of the yellow coating had broken over time and contacted the valve cover metal.
Anyway, it has or had a use and wondering what it went to. It may have been to distributor before petronix change. If it has no use, i want to remove it ir clip it out of way of things
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Permalink Reply by Kim K Kaiser on
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The yellow wire should be connected to the starter solenoid and Ignition coil +, its hot 12v during cranking to provide full 12v to coil. The resistor wire provides reduced voltage to the coil during normal driving.
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Permalink Reply by Jason Edge on
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A description of the cranking system, including the wires and connections, is located in this Help Page topic:
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Ok, think i got that all sorted out. Thanks for the help
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