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I don't think someone would bother with the tape so my gut says it's factory. What happens if you measure the resistance over that resistor?
I removed the tape and it's not a resistor, it's some kind of shielding...
Don't really know where to go nextπ€
How would one go about to find a voltage drop (if that is even what it's called)
Looks like a gm factory splice of the 80-00 vintage. If one wire goes in and more than one comes out it is a factory splice with a naked terminal.
If it's melty looking you probably have a short downstream from there towards the signal connector.
Do you measure 12 V at the origin of that cable, e.g. at the fuse box or relay?