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Can anybody tell me what this blue wire coming up behind my motor in between the firewall with a round rubber plug on it before it’s only one wire
 
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Yep it's one blue wire. One end plugs into a thingymajig. Then it plugs into a thing on the other end.

You're working on a 1942 ford right?
 
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We need a pic of the wire, some info on the vehicle you're working on. I don't think any of us are capable of seeing what you see through your eyes. Take a pic, post it up, and provide info on what you're working on, then you'll get meaningful replies.
 
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Assuming it’s your 78, my 77 that doesn’t have hacked up wiring does not have a single blue wire that I can see coming out of the firewall.
The only blue wires in the region are 2 of them that are parts of 2 plugs fling to the wiper/washer motor.
Rubber plug on a single wire sounds like a sensor. Oil pressure or temperature.
 
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DoubleDingo said:
We need a pic of the wire, some info on the vehicle you're working on. I don't think any of us are capable of seeing what you see through your eyes. Take a pic, post it up, and provide info on what you're working on, then you'll get meaningful replies.
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Welcome from Austria. Blue is a Ford wire, you can remove it.
 
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Well get it figured out for him. But he's not getting off Scott free. Gotta get some kind of **** for it lol. Not all squares are equal.

Plus most newcomers are one post wonders then they run.
 
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PrairieDrifter said:
Plus most newcomers are one post wonders then they run.
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You are probably correct! I have been doing this too long, I already have it figured out. Blue wire down to the frame. Wrapped around the brake lines a few times to the back of the truck. It ends by the taillight wires that have a bunch of butt connectors. PO had a trailer connector with electric brakes. PO yanked the controller before he sold the truck.

Okay, I'm taking wager's, any bets?
 
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Turbo4whl said:
You are probably correct! I have been doing this too long, I already have it figured out. Blue wire down to the frame. Wrapped around the brake lines a few times to the back of the truck. It ends by the taillight wires that have a bunch of butt connectors. PO had a trailer connector with electric brakes. PO yanked the controller before he sold the truck.

Okay, I'm taking wager's, any bets?
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Sounds about right lol. I would have guessed electric choke, or for some kind of aftermarket gauges myself. The trailer option is a pretty solid bet lol
 
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