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Old Oct 7, 2021 | 07:21 PM
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It should be two red wires here ,and to the left you can see the red wire to EPS power
Old Oct 7, 2021 | 08:42 PM
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Top/Bottom should not matter, they are on the same stud. But Where does the black wire go? They should both be red; one from the battery the other to the starter, both the same size.
Old Oct 8, 2021 | 01:47 PM
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where you have 2 black wires under the red cap I have one black and one red, and a separate small red for the power steering. My LT is the same, so I'm not sure where theres another wire?
Old Oct 8, 2021 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldblue

It should be two red wires here ,and to the left you can see the red wire to EPS power
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Old Oct 8, 2021 | 01:59 PM
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red and black to fuse box, not power steering

2 wires I cleaned on side of strut tower beside driver strut and fuse box

lower terminals or wires I also cleaned off and put back

part 1 of transmission ground wire, there is a small red one underneath the phone couldn't get

part 2 of transmission ground wires, again a red one the phone couldn't get.
Old Oct 8, 2021 | 02:01 PM
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Since changing all these wires and cleaning them, after putting them back properly, there's no starter click or fuse box clicks at all. No crank, no start, no click, but car has power and battery is fine
Old Oct 8, 2021 | 02:03 PM
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What 2 wires? I bet you have the battery hooked up to the eps stud.
No wire is currently attached to the eps stud as the eps wire actually broke apart so theres nothing to it right now
Old Oct 8, 2021 | 02:10 PM
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Now I've heard there might be a fuse-able link to the starter that could cause these issues, is there? Problem is trying to research symptoms for this is like trying to find symptoms why you're sick. Everything from dry throat to cancer comes up it's impossible to narrow down
Old Oct 8, 2021 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by donbrew
Are there 2 red wires connected to the front stud on the fuse box? The rear one is the eps.
there's a black wire and red for the stud you described. Theres a separate smaller red wire for the power steering yes. When the 2 wires on the same stud are switched wrong (red wire bottom, black wire top or whatever the wrong way is), the car responds differently, so I set them back to the same as my LT
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Yes, anything less then 12.4 volts is a dead battery.

battery reads 12.99 and 13.2



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