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Subject:Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:52:03 -0600

Two questions:
Can I drive it to Lowes to p/u a dishwasher or do i gotta wash em myself?
No further danger if I seal all wires and cap that switch?

BTW-I love this list.
Thanks, Casey

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty sure the switch is to tell the ECU that there's an added load
> (from the power steering pump), so it needs to increase the idle speed.
> Mine seems to be functioning just fine without that switch.  I don't
> understand why the switch uses a hot feed, rather than ground.  I also
> don't
> know why it fries like that--one of life's little mysteries, I guess
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Michael Sullivan
> <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Check out the coorected link. But that is the same problem I am having.
> > Seems that another wire is either melting near them or because they
> toched.
> > Why did this melt? Why is the switch there?
> >
> >
>  --
> Casey
> '87 300TD
> '94 100CSQ Avant
> '89 Bluestar
>
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