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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 09:33 AM
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I took my first stab at replacing the rocker box gaskets last week. For the life of me, I can't identify what the black wire is that is going down into the engine.

The Clymer manual doesn't show this in any pictures or indicate in any obvious way what it is.

Can someone please enlighten me?

Disclaimer: Total noobie over here when it comes to mechanics.
 
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I'm taking a stab/guess at the wire to the decompression valve
 
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