"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #15 – June 02, 2013, 06:12:05 AM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;416465Tom, every '88 Tbird and COugar I've seen has had this orange wire unfastened. There was a thread about it a year or so ago. People hook 'em up, there's no difference. Non issue, IMO.Ford hooked it there not me. Every one i have worked on has it hooked UP. Take a look at ALL DATA what can i say!!! Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #16 – June 02, 2013, 09:04:06 AM That is probably true of TC's, but that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about how it's abandoned in the harness on our 88 5.0s. Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #17 – June 02, 2013, 01:14:01 PM Correct...I seem to recall it IS connected on '87 5.0 cars, but not the '88. This applies only to the V8 cars....3.8 and 2.3 are separate from this Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #18 – June 02, 2013, 04:21:03 PM OK WHY!!!!!!! Is it not needed in those cars???? Ford shows it. All data shows it in several V8 cars including Crowns. Now i grant you it makes no sense to me other than it is a clean ground through the ECM. But i have ran across many that were disconnected on the 2.3 ENGINES and it matters take my word for it. I just jumped mine at the ECM on my 87 TC BRUISER. Just because i hate ugly wiring. But it is needed why i cant figure that out. It is like the fire truck we service. Why does it have a COMPLETELY separate battery for the electronic allison tranny!!!. A Gel Cell battery batterys. But it is charged by the same alternator. Figure that one OUT!!! Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #19 – June 02, 2013, 05:33:23 PM Beats me. It's even there and unhooked on my '89 Stang vert parts car...odd, yes. Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #20 – June 02, 2013, 05:34:57 PM I found a picture of this on my last '88 Tbird. Same orange wire cut short at the same place. Crazy stuff. Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #21 – June 03, 2013, 11:24:00 AM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;416465Tom, every '88 Tbird and COugar I've seen has had this orange wire unfastened. There was a thread about it a year or so ago. People hook 'em up, there's no difference. Non issue, IMO. i agree, i think V8Demon started the thread ,, got us all wondering and even back then i think it was solved as a useless dead end wire,, however, iirc, i think it was thunderchicken who expanded the info to point to a series of options that never came to pass on our wire harness(s),, but yes i remember the same thread...not sure its worth digging up or not but it is in here somewhere.i think for some reason it had to do with a V8Demon thread about the salt and pepper connectors. Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #22 – June 03, 2013, 12:05:48 PM It did, he noticed the wire, and wondered where it went. Basically it comes down to this: on the '88 5.o cars ONLY, that wire is not connected to anything, and it was factory. Connecting it to a ground will not harm anything, either. Do as you wish :) Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #23 – June 04, 2013, 03:18:31 AM I was involved in that post also, I couldn't find the post either. But pretty much its not used, It actually just loops around in the salt and pepper shaker to nowhere. Quote Selected
"Broken" orange wire..... Reply #24 – June 30, 2013, 06:52:11 PM maybe it was some sort of placebo effect, but when I had my 88 Sport, i found this wire unhooked and grounded it and it seemed as though it ran better... Quote Selected
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