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Subject:Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
From:Mike Collum
Date:Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:13:48 -0500

The switch on the power steering pump simply completes a wire that goes
to ground.  A switch knows no polarity.  It only "Grounds" when the
steering is turned hard right or hard left in order to bump up the idle
a bit.  If that switch totally quit working, you'd likely never know it.

Mike

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