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#92235 06/28/2005 10:23 PM
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my truck stopped dead about a week ago and a large beige wire was laying on top of the radio and shorted to ground. it is attached to the guage cluster does anyone know where it goes from there? RON


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It probably is the main feed wire. It goes from the starter switch to the ammeter. It than feeds from the ammeter to the ignition switch & headlight switch.


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it looks like about 10 ga. it is not hooked up and everything works except the dash lights. a mystery to me. it is hot all the time. some things on the truck have been rewired but it looks orginal and has a large eye type connector, i took the ign. switch out and could not find a place to hook it up. even took aout the light switch,it is and after market replacement. ???????????????? RON


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i had a flash of insite, the wire is to the radio. i have a factory chevy radio that has been hook for years, the wire went live from the guages to an on/off switch under the dash. i hooked it years ago. i now have dash lights just coincindental loose bulb...RON


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Just a guess, the wire size would point to an original 6 volt application or use.
Based on this it could be;
heater motor wire, cigar lighter, spot light, fog light, some other heavy current drawing device.

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In my 54' that wire was for the amp meter.


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