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Old 03-04-2013, 11:09 PM
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Size:  233.1 KBwell on way home tonight im guessing a ground cable behind coil broke and rubbed thru some wires actually lighting them on fire the pic is kind crappy its when i first got the car i blew up area in question i can get a better pic if it helps this is an win f 89 formula firebird i need to know if anyone knows what these connectors are for at the same time this happened i got a massive draw on battery to the point nothing works even the check engine light is so dim you cant tell its on when trying to start when this happened i shut off car put the flames out and tried to restart car to get home and no luck no response from starter or anything other then fuses and fusible links which i havent checked yet any ideas on this issue as well?
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still no idea what the go to 2 of them look almost like fusible links the other has i think 4 cables on 1 side two on the other but got car running again some how a main battery cable got nicked about the same time and welded itself to body without burning up so that was power draw still would love to know the larger connector so i can replace it
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Re: need help identifying connecters

the one in the yellow box looks like the tach wire
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Re: need help identifying connecters

What color wire is in that single connector in question? If Tan/Black, it is your Set Timing connector C146.
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