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Under my hood there is a 10 wire harness on the back of my strut. It has 2 ground wires on a bracket as well as the harness. What are the wires on the harness and why would any of them get hot and melt? What all do they go to?
Drew collier , Not positive but could be the wires for charging/starting system. I will post a link to schematic for Protege for you to reference the color of wires from to see exactly what they are for. 2nd link is to be for a downloadable service manual with schematics also just scroll down to Service Manual (PDF) [50MB] download at your own risk. The wire possibly got hot and melted due to a short, wire insulation may have deteriorated, mouse/animal may have chewed on them, if you had to turn/crank engine over excessively(too long) wires could melt, etc. Good luck. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button. https://www.scribd.com/doc/58941318/Mazd… http://www.floptical.net/mazda/
