Willie, Heavy gauge brown wires go to a few things in the car. You really need a wiring diagram to trace it out correctly. BTW, if the fuse had blown, and you had smoke and odor, the fuse in the ckt was too high for the application. The wiring was burning before the fuse blew. IF you elect to keep the circuit as is, use a smaller rated, slow blow fuse. Or possibly a fuse rated the same as the one that blew but quick blow vs. slow. Consulting my diagram here, I see: 1. Brown/pink running from the inertia switch to the door lock relay and the locks. 2. Solid brown running from main fuel relay to RPM relay. 3. Solid brown running from main fuel relay to "aux relay" via 2 wiring harness main junctions. 4. Brown/orange running from fan relays to otterstat. 5. Solid brown from 3rd & 4th speed relays to fan breaker to wiring harness junction. (the people fan, not the engine fans) Based on what you said you had running at the time, it could be the brown for the fuel pump as that is -always- running when the car runs and maybe the fan wiring depending on what your engine temp was when the car died. Were you idling in traffic? I doubt it was the locks. Even if you have the OEM module and it was trying to lock you in/unlock you in, the thermal trip would have kicked in before the odor and fuse problems. Get Ye a wiring diagram. Hope this helps, Rich #5335 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, wmack <wmack@xxxx> wrote: > Group, > > I was driving down the road on saturday, as I was stopped at a stoplight, the > car suddenly died. Just out of the blue cuts off. I manage to get it to the > side of the road, and for some reason it refires. I pull it quickly into the > next parking lot to take a look at it. But on the way to the parking lot my > wife and I smell something burning, and next thing we know there is smoke > filling the cabin. I made it to the parking lot, and opened the access panel > to the fuse box and electrical compartment. > There is a large group of wires bundled together that runs underneath/just > behind the fuse box. There was one brown wire, maybe 14 guage, that the > previous owner had spliced an inline fuse into it. The burning and the smoke > was from the fuse melting, I think that is why the car cut off, because the > wire was basically cut. > Anyway, my question is what does this wire do? And why would it overheat, > besides maybe having the wrong fuse in it. That day, I had the car on, and > the radio thats it, no ac, nothing else. > I've had the car for 3 1/2 years, this is the first electrical problem I've > had. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > Thanks > Willie Mack > Vin 5043