1994.5 - 1997 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel

Found a lose wire??

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Sep 18, 2013 | 08:56 AM

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Kingkoopa

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Found a lose wire??

So I was Changing my starter yesterday and found a large lose wire near the left front of the engine near the radiator? any Ideas?

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Sep 18, 2013 | 12:10 PM

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Pictures are worth a thousand words... kind of hard to know what you're talking about without seeing it.

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Sep 18, 2013 | 12:17 PM

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Probably the wire for daytime running lights,that are not used here in the states but rather Canada,or the block heater wire,either way no need to be concerned.

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Sep 18, 2013 | 04:18 PM

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What color(s) on the insulation? Any terminal/connector on the end?

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Sep 18, 2013 | 05:50 PM

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Could be a ground that goes on the stud on the front of the engine below the exhaust manifold.

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Sep 18, 2013 | 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tbugher62

Probably the wire for daytime running lights,that are not used here in the states but rather Canada,or the block heater wire,either way no need to be concerned.

Im with you on that.

Is it black or orange color?

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Sep 19, 2013 | 08:16 AM

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It is a black wire about 1 cm in dia. and has an pressed eye on the end.

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Sep 19, 2013 | 09:40 AM

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Then its probably what ReBilld said

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Sep 19, 2013 | 11:41 AM

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Then its probably what ReBilld said

Agree with that.

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Sep 20, 2013 | 08:45 AM

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if this is an engine ground wire would it keep my engine from starting or acting like it had a bad starter??

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Sep 20, 2013 | 12:31 PM

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if this is an engine ground wire would it keep my engine from starting or acting like it had a bad starter??

No, not a little wire like that. The battery negative cables bolt directly to the engine block, and that's what completes the circuit for the starter. That wire technically grounds the frame to the engine, not the other way around.

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