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Old Jun 6, 2002 | 11:02 AM
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Car: 2000 firehawk
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Cant find my EST wire

Ive been searching for about 3 hours on my cars wireing harnesses and i cant find the tan/blk wire to unhook for setting my timing at zero ....... anyone have a pic of its exact location or is it possible that someone before me cut it off .....thanks



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Old Jun 6, 2002 | 11:07 AM
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it's called est not retard wire, even if that's pretty accurate discription. look in the big wire loom above or on the blower box ,it's a single pin connection.
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Old Jun 6, 2002 | 11:14 AM
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ive ripped all of the plastic sleeves off all my harnesses and dont find a thing
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Old Jun 6, 2002 | 11:28 AM
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ok on a carbed car i ithnk it's diffeant and i don't know where it is, sorry i just saw your sig and your car/engine
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Old Jun 6, 2002 | 11:46 AM
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i found a white wire thats single that goes to my coil ..... could this be it?
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