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    Default Need help identifying a cut wire.

    Anyone know what this cut from and what its purpose is? It's off the main harness on passenger side. Car is a 84 gt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sask84gt View Post
    Anyone know what this cut from and what its purpose is? It's off the main harness on passenger side. Car is a 84 gt.
    Typically that large yellow wire is the feed for the ign switch and ultimately everything that gets turned on by the ign switch

    See 84 wiring diag here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OX1 View Post
    Typically that large yellow wire is the feed for the ign switch and ultimately everything that gets turned on by the ign switch

    See 84 wiring diag here.

    http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...79-1986-in-PDF
    Ok, so why would it be cut? Seems pretty important to me lol. Note, it was like that when I bought it and also had the motor removed.
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    Looks like it was cut from here.
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    Just trying to bump your thread and I'm tending to side with those saying it's typical of the large Yellow wire that goes from the ignition switch to the starter relay (aka solenoid). Supposedly it provides power to the inside of the car from its connection at the solenoid and I believe in some cases it's also connected to/with a Fusible Link. Quite a few guys say this Yellow wire enters the passenger compartment on the passenger side under the dash and is connected to the rear window defrost. Maybe some others will chime in to verify . . .

    If you take a look at the first minute of this Yootube vid (a empty Fox engine bay) I'm pretty sure that's your wire attached to the solenoid

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sask84gt View Post
    Ok, so why would it be cut? Seems pretty important to me lol. Note, it was like that when I bought it and also had the motor removed.
    If you still have power to the ign switch and rear defroster (as mentioned, that yellow wire usually powers feed to
    rear defrost relay) then someone ran a seperate non-factory wire instead of the cut one.

    Does ign and read defrost work?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OX1 View Post
    If you still have power to the ign switch and rear defroster (as mentioned, that yellow wire usually powers feed to
    rear defrost relay) then someone ran a seperate non-factory wire instead of the cut one.

    Does ign and read defrost work?
    Not sure, motor was out of car. I've been in contact with previous owner and he said it was running and driving before he took motor out due to a leak of some sort. He thinks it's a accessory wire of some sort.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sask84gt View Post
    Not sure, motor was out of car. I've been in contact with previous owner and he said it was running and driving before he took motor out due to a leak of some sort. He thinks it's a accessory wire of some sort.
    You don't need motor in to see if that is main ign wire. Hook chassis ground up to neg batt and then hook pos side of batt up to yellow wire.
    Try ign switch. If it works, then disconnect that wire, ign will probably not work.
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    On my 85, that big yellow wire is for the rear defrost.
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    Quote Originally Posted by droopie85gt View Post
    On my 85, that big yellow wire is for the rear defrost.
    Ya that's what previous owner said it probably was.
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    Update
    Hooked up battery and had power to inside of car and also starter so that yellow wire must be rear defrost.
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    As others have said , yellow is rear defrost. The two light tan wires are fog light power. Tan wire is from the passenger marker light and runs to the fog light switch as one power for a double power relay. Black wire is the ground for the fog light switches light.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GT350R View Post
    As others have said , yellow is rear defrost. The two light tan wires are fog light power. Tan wire is from the passenger marker light and runs to the fog light switch as one power for a double power relay. Black wire is the ground for the fog light switches light.
    Thanks for the info, I'm going to attempt to solder them all back together.
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