What is this wire?
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What is this wire?
I found a burnt wire on my 85 F150 the other day, I don't know how long its been like that. So I soldered a new wire in place and now my charging guage is jumping slightly.. Can anybody tell me what the wire is?
This is where it starts.. It then goes around the front then back to some sort of relay or something on the drivers side firewall.
This is where it starts.. It then goes around the front then back to some sort of relay or something on the drivers side firewall.
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The wire is yellow. On the bottom picture, its the first wire left to right in that little box. I don't know what the color of the wire that goes to the starter relay was... A dark color probably.. maybe dark blue or black or grey??? It was pretty much completely fried.
Edit: It goes from the starter relay to a fusible link... Thats where it changes from the fried wire to the yellow wire.
Edit: It goes from the starter relay to a fusible link... Thats where it changes from the fried wire to the yellow wire.
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Just tried it, and the horn works both ways...
The orange wire under the yellow wire in the second picture follows the same path but instead of going to the starter relay, it goes to somewhere around the alternator..
The orange wire under the yellow wire in the second picture follows the same path but instead of going to the starter relay, it goes to somewhere around the alternator..
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That orange wire sounds like the alternator output wire.
What you have going on here is the large terminal on the starter relay is were Ford always picks up the main power to run the whole electrical system. It's were the alternator sends it's power, were the fuse box gets it's power, and anything else they want to run. You will see many fusible links in this area and also many factory splices as the power is spread to the headlight switch, the fuse box, ignition switch, etc.
I really do not know what the little box is that the yellow wire is feeding. It must not be that important because you would have noticed something not working. I thought for sure it was the horn relay.
What you have going on here is the large terminal on the starter relay is were Ford always picks up the main power to run the whole electrical system. It's were the alternator sends it's power, were the fuse box gets it's power, and anything else they want to run. You will see many fusible links in this area and also many factory splices as the power is spread to the headlight switch, the fuse box, ignition switch, etc.
I really do not know what the little box is that the yellow wire is feeding. It must not be that important because you would have noticed something not working. I thought for sure it was the horn relay.
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