So I'll give you the rundown on how I am in the situation I am in.

Basically 4 months ago my starter finally froze up and needed to be replaced. My car also was due for some other maintenance such as suspension and I had a cracked oil pan where the bottom of the ac compressor mounts too which obviously caused some belt noise. So I decided to tackle it all at once. Inner and outer ball joints, powerflex lower control arms bushings, inner and outer tie rods, sway bar links, timimg chain tentioner, oil pan, strut bump stops and the rubber pads which the spring sits in....and obviously the starter. Now I have 90% of this done and all I need to do next I just reassemble.

The issue I ran into is I can't remember where this one heavy Guage wire goes to underneath my car near the starter. I know it's not the big fat hot wire for the start

er nor the wire for the solenoid. I removed the starter from underneath which turned out to be easier than above since I was doing all the suspension work and the axles had to be removed anyways.

Here's a picture of the wire that's making me lose my mind. I am afraid to put together the passenger side until I can figure out what this wire goes too in case I have to remove the starter again (even had the starter in but removed it after I saw the extra wire lol). Also keep into mind I work 80 hours a week so this work was done a couple hours at a time over 4 months so I feel like I earned the right to forget where one wire goes lol.

ANY HELP IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!

 

Have you tried following the wire to the other end? It looks like a ground wire being as big as it appears. I will not be able to look at my car or manual for another week so I'm not much help.

 

I was wondering that also. But it's strange for a car to have 2 engine ground straps. Since it has the other one on the engine mount. I haven't hooked a meter up to see if it's a positive or ground wire yet.

 

That wire and the other large gauge wire both go on the starter together.

 

Way is right of course, but to save you from a boneheaded mistake I made, I will add one thing - both go under the same terminal on the starter. Yes, there are two big terminals. Only one is used...