Q: I need help identifying a wire that came loose while working on starter

asked by on August 18, 2017

While remounting the starter I knocked loose a wire. I have a picture of it. It comes from the right of the starter mount, in front of it, and goes somewhere to the left. The wire is short, and has three flat prongs that I cannot find the plug for

My car has 122000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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