Some research on my part has revealed that the wire turned out to be the OLD
starter wire.

I looked into the battery compartment and found the old battery cable shoved
down and off to the side.  I'll have to check the exact routing of the new one
to make sure all is OK.

I guess the old one chafed and/or shorted and was just left there after the
replacement. Whew!!! A little scare courtesy of the PO.

Paul
89 Carat 145 K

In a message dated 98-07-19 14:10:04 EDT, Gerald Skerbitz wrote:

<< Yikes! I'd guess it's the starter wire and is probably hot!  You
 might be running your starter through your ignition switch only.

 Just a guess!

 On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Paolo Damiani wrote:

 > I should probably study my Bentley, but if anyone knows off the top of
their
 > head:
 > ...I noticed an extremely large
 > wire with an eye connection tucked up behind the spring support on the
 > suspension side.
 >
 > It looks like a connection to the starter, but obviously it isn't because
I'm
 > starting just fine. It doesn't look like a ground wire because it's fully
 > insulated and has a rubber hood on it.
 >
 > Any ideas???
 >  >>