Random "Something to Check" of the day
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Random "Something to Check" of the day So I was inspecting under the car tonight and just
happened to see that a fat red wire (looks like the
hot feed to the starter) had been laying against,
and getting chafed by the A/C compressor pulley.
The wire should have been inside the black loom
but had popped out for a good foot or so and hung
out with some slack. A good 1/2" where it had been
rubbing, was bare conductor and the A/C pulley
hub looked like it had been getting chewed also
(maybe arc-gouged as it spun).
Never noticed any problem from it but I don't like
bare hot wires.
happened to see that a fat red wire (looks like the
hot feed to the starter) had been laying against,
and getting chafed by the A/C compressor pulley.
The wire should have been inside the black loom
but had popped out for a good foot or so and hung
out with some slack. A good 1/2" where it had been
rubbing, was bare conductor and the A/C pulley
hub looked like it had been getting chewed also
(maybe arc-gouged as it spun).
Never noticed any problem from it but I don't like
bare hot wires.
Wow! Consider yourself lucky.
If you wouldn't have noticed it, the result would have been a tow after the underhood lightning subsided.
Cheap fix: Splice in a new piece of cable and re-loom.
Expensive fix: Delco # 4SX53-2 is an EXACT copy of the original cable setup.
If you wouldn't have noticed it, the result would have been a tow after the underhood lightning subsided.
Cheap fix: Splice in a new piece of cable and re-loom.
Expensive fix: Delco # 4SX53-2 is an EXACT copy of the original cable setup.
