1999 Pontiac Bonneville

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Look above at ProTech's first 2 answers. He described it well and there's an image.

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Monday, February 6th, 2012 AT 1:39 AM

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Having the same problem and checked everything in the above narrative, even disconnected the main ground all together and can't get the car to stall.

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Saturday, March 31st, 2012 AT 8:24 PM

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Hilman, does the wire in the image above under the thumb get warm or hot in your vehicle? Does the plastic body look damaged at all?

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Saturday, March 31st, 2012 AT 9:03 PM

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Yes, it did get slightly warm but the plastic body did not look damaged at all.

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Saturday, March 31st, 2012 AT 10:00 PM

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Ok. That heat is caused by resistance in the connection. IT hasn't gotten bad enough or been going on long enough to damage the connector body YET.

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Saturday, March 31st, 2012 AT 10:06 PM

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Thanks for your advice. I was just out there wiggling the wire and I could get it to stall if I moved it to a certain position. How do I change out the connector body.

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Saturday, March 31st, 2012 AT 10:53 PM

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This is one I haven't done before. I will ask the original expert that posted in here to pop in and give some advice.

Normally I would just recommend making the mechanical/electrical connection stronger, through soldering.

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Sunday, April 1st, 2012 AT 12:09 AM

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