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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:15 PM
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Car: 1986 Firebird, 1992 camaro
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Found this lying around the engine bay

anybody have an idea as to what the purpose of this was??? it wasnt connected to anything


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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:33 PM
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Car: 88 IROC-Z (L98)
Engine: Edel. Lwr, SLP Rnrs, Ported Plenum
Transmission: 700R, 2800 Stall
Axle/Gears: 3:42 Posi.(4th gen.) UMI R/Susp.
Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

Kinda looks like a knock sensor plug..
I dont understand why they were bound that way..
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:44 PM
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Car: 1986 Firebird, 1992 camaro
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Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

i dont know... theres somany unused wire in there, its crazy. but this was the one that made me acctually laugh
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:51 PM
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Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

Knock sensor plug with resistor mod to make it less sensitive.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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Car: 1986 Firebird, 1992 camaro
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Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

is that good or bad? also where would it even plug in at?
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

that is the plug for your ac compressor and im guessing it was removed.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 11:09 PM
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Car: 87 iroc
Engine: mostly stock 5.7
Transmission: jasper stage 2 700r4
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Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

ac compressor, knock sensor looks like your fan switch plug not like that..

unless of course your car is like mine and some previous owners hacked shtuff all over the place....i had a maf pigtail for a o2 sensor plug...
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 11:14 PM
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Car: 1986 Firebird, 1992 camaro
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Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

Originally Posted by BigBadCamaro
that is the plug for your ac compressor and im guessing it was removed.
yeah,when i got it the PO had lost intrest and didnt hook up the compressor (and im just taking a/c out completely)
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 12:05 AM
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Car: 88 IROC-Z (L98)
Engine: Edel. Lwr, SLP Rnrs, Ported Plenum
Transmission: 700R, 2800 Stall
Axle/Gears: 3:42 Posi.(4th gen.) UMI R/Susp.
Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

Originally Posted by KuroNeko
is that good or bad? also where would it even plug in at?
Well if it works, its not that bad..
there one on the pass. of eng block.. and maybe the oil pres. snsr on driver side..
Not 100 though
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Re: Found this lying around the engine bay

That connector, on my car, is for the temp switch in the head (pass side) or for the knock sensor (same side).
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