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I had the 97 contour parked over in this spot by the woods for about 5 days, seems that was plenty of time for squirrels to make a nest on top of the engine. Well about a mile down the road it caught on fire  here's a pic of the damage..   I picked up a new coil, wires and EVR. Looks like I still need all of the vac lines along w/ the 2 lines that goto the UIM (part #?). The main wiring harness is a little crispy too.. hopefully nothing melted on the inside.
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Inspect those wires carefully. You must have had the car idling a while before the nest caught fire, to get that hot. Was the nest on the catalytic converters? What a pain..
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Depending on your insurance, this may be a covered event.
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Originally posted by Big Jim:
Depending on your insurance, this may be a covered event.
True!
Damn squirrels. 
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Originally posted by LUCA:
Originally posted by Big Jim:
Depending on your insurance, this may be a covered event.
True!
Damn squirrels.
Damn squirrels?! How about poor squirrels...after all, all that he lost was a few hoses and wires...that poor squirrel lost his home, and winter is coming!!!
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There is a 500 deductible and the damange is less than that.  The wiring harness for the coil is burned down to bare wires, you can see it in the picture, can I order a new one or is it tied into the main harness?
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It may not be less than your deductable at a dealership. Have a dealer check it out.
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Originally posted by Seth Green:
Mmmm...squirrel 
Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
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Originally posted by mtxcontour97se:
... can I order a new one or is it tied into the main harness?
The coil connector and wires to it are part of harness # F6RZ-9D930-S6A list price $619.85. This harness includes the wires/connectors that run to the injectors, also the cam and crank position sensor, the ECT, IAC, TPS, IMRC, IIRC. I would inspect under the UIM and if the insulation of the wires are cracking, and you are under 100,000 miles get the harness replaced under recall M9903.
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Originally posted by eepals:
Originally posted by mtxcontour97se:
... can I order a new one or is it tied into the main harness?
The coil connector and wires to it are part of harness # F6RZ-9D930-S6A list price $619.85. This harness includes the wires/connectors that run to the injectors, also the cam and crank position sensor, the ECT, IAC, TPS, IMRC, IIRC. I would inspect under the UIM and if the insulation of the wires are cracking, and you are under 100,000 miles get the harness replaced under recall M9903.
Where can I find more information on recall M9903? I am at 125,000 though..
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