Q: Grounded Cable 9 burned off

asked by on August 14, 2017

The grounded cable from the computer next to the battery that connects to the heater core (this was what I was told from o'reillys', has burnt and shredded in two.

How much could an original cable cost & how hard of a manual repair would this be?

My car has 55000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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