This winter i was dailying Mad Max. Its my 90 V6 4x4 that I turned into a 3.8L Mivec build about 8 years ago. Well, while driving the one day i noticed a faint smell of melting plastic. Turns out it was the wire going to the ignition switch that meets at the base of the steering column. I took it apart and cleaned it and it never quite got that bad again, but it can get hot to the touch.

I swapped out the ignition switch this week and the problem didn't go away. I'm wondering where this solid black line leads and if anyone else has had this problem?

You can see some of the melting here. Far right lead.




https://imgur.com/6fArLr0

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