# What's this?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-this/6510>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** escort, ford\
**Created:** [October 27, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-this/6510 "2007-10-27T21:47:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![twowheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@twowheeler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twowheeler)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-this/6510/1 "2007-10-27T21:47:23Z")

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Really curious about this thing dangling loose on a wire near the battery of my 96 ford escort. And where should it go? Here’s the photo.  
  
 [http://www…g/part.jpg](http://www.pennswoods21.org/part.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-this/6510/2 "2007-10-28T00:28:01Z")

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Check under the black inlet duct for a hole. It looks like an air temp sensor.

Tester