long story short. hit a big bump. ripped out the fender liner and my tire hit the harness above it. it tore up a few wires. one in perticular im wondering about.

it has a metal braided cover. and has 2 or 3 wires inside of it. anyone know what its for?

and is the metal cover, (looks like a thin steel braided line with wires inside of it) a ground or serve a purpose besides a protective shield? its a 93. manual trans. and its on the driver side.

thanks in advance

 

picture?

 

Probably a grounded shield to protect whatever signal is going through it. I would say wheel speed sensor, but I don't think that runs through there IIRC.

But yes, a pic would greatly help.

 

i cannot get a good pic of it. no digi camera. its metal braided. then it has a greyish rubber tube with 3 green wires inside. g/r g/bk g/w

 

There are two harness cables that go through the driver side. Are these wires from the big one or small one?

 

IIRC that goes to the headlight connectors right next to the battery; let me see if i can get a schematic and get back to you.

 

According to pg. Z-28 of the factory Wiring Diagram, those wires connect the Ignition Coils to the Ignitor. That diagram can be downloaded somewhere on these forums, there should be a link in the 3rd Gen FAQ's among other places.

LG/W: Front Trailing
LG/R: Rear Trailing
LG/B: Leading

They are shielded and the shield connects to ground. This should prevent the high-current high-frequency coil signals from generating too much interference on nearby wires in the harness.

 

thank you! so if i dont have the rotary under my hood, and say..... there is a ls1. then it doesnt matter that the wires got damaged cuz there are no trailing leading...ect plugs

 

Shouldn't be a problem. If I were you I'd try to secure that harness further away from the tires. Might not be a bad idea to wrap it in something larger like split loom sleeving so you can hear the tires rub against the additional sleeving and stop before they chew through wires.