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My 1995 contour w/zetec has 99,500+ miles on it. I recently became aware of wiring harness issue. From what I could see with my own unprofessional inspection of wiring under the hood it all seems fine.

I live in a relatively cool climate (Milwaukee area). I'd be interested in hearing about harness condition/problems from other high mileage zetec owners in cooler climates. Are we likely to be okay with the original equipment?

Just out of curiosity or for future reference, does anyone know for an out of warranty Zetec what the cost to replace the two harnesses is?

If I take it to Ford dealer will they make any effort to inspect beyond what I did by just looking at what I could see? What about going to an independent shop and perhaps paying them for 1/2 labor or something like that...what might I be able to have them inspect?

What I could see was wires to fuel injectors looked fine and wires to what I think is temp sensor looked fine except that I did notice some cracking of the plastic sheath that encloses several wires around the wires. The sheath is also very brittle it cracked more when I moved it a little. I assume that this sheath is not considered to be a problem??? The insulation on the wires themselves looked fine.

Any other ideas on where to look? Someone had suggested removing the intake...does that mean air intake? What would I see by doing that?