Firewall mounted terminals
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Junction block.
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Its just a junction that it? I don’t see the point in a termination that could fail when you could just run the wire straight through. Thanks for the info @legopnuematic
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The GM engineers did it for a reason. Don't mess with it.
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It is a distribution block. Constant power is fed to it from the fuse block (via harness junction block plug on the firewall below the wiper motor) and then, typically, it may feed the starter, alternator, etc depending on the year model, options, etc.
Some of the outgoing wiring would have had a fusible link, it's not uncommon for people to not know about these and bypass the block in an attempt to fix a lost power problem.
Some of the outgoing wiring would have had a fusible link, it's not uncommon for people to not know about these and bypass the block in an attempt to fix a lost power problem.
