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Sorry I hope I'm doing this correct. So I'm re-building (would be the best description) my wiring harness on my 94 civic. Pulled my B series out and dropped in a d16 while I rebuild my other engine. Noticed the engine harness was a tad ugly and figured why not just go ahead and take care of that while it's down. So I'm removing all sleeves and covers in order to label and trace each wire to avoid messing anything up and I come across this wire (in the photo) and it ties to my thermostat ground but them just wraps around this other small bundle like a sleeve and goes nowhere. Like it literally jist wraps around them under the plastic cover and that's it. Is there some sort of significant reason for that
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That's a shield wire. It is connecting the wire bundle shield to the ground.
A shield wire provides protection against electromagnetic interference caused by things like coils, motors and solenoid actuators. You only connect the shield to ground in one place (usually one end of the bundle).
Much much appreciated sir.
