[T3] "Hot" wire grounded

[Gary Forsmo]

Can a  "hot" wire ...
E.g. an "unattached" spade connector/12V wire, which is supposed to
power the intermittent winding of the clock mechanism,
... have an adverse affect, if it contacts a frame ground?

Might it affect the operation of the ignition system? "Brain"?
Dizzy? Trigger? Injectors? Spark plugs?

Or would the "grounded" spade connector under the dash, simply blow fuse
#11, in the fuse block?

BTW.  My horn also ceased to work.  Coincidence?
I know the horn "sounds" when I supply 12V directly from the fuse block to
the horn connector and ground it.
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Gary "Frito" - '69 Squareback, FI, MT, One-owner
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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