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Email contribution - Michael Barbine
2026-10-15T23:59:00.000Z
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Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 08:37:46 -0400
JKrevnov@aol.com wrote: > << IMHO extra grounds can't hurt. > -Larry >> > > Unless you create a ground loop. A "ground loop" is only possible if...
Re: Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:53:59 -0700
Keep the O2 sensor ground separate and on the engine! Connecting it's ground to other grounds creates the possibility that voltage returning to...
distro body ground
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:03:49 +0000
Hello all, anyone grounding their distro to a good ground conection such as the motor top? looks like i have the little tab but...
Left head ground
Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:08:17 EST
...I do not have this ground on the head. What I do have is a grounded wire going to the group of grounds unde...
Grounded Rear Spare Tire Carriers
Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 07:25:08 -0700
Hi Volks, I have been following the following threads and have come up with an elegant solution. (scroll down) -------------------- > IMHO extra grounds can't...
Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:23:18 -0400
...All of the sensors you mentioned are grounded via body ground, so no worries there other than making sure you have good ones. It...
Re: Left head ground
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:08:14 -0500
The ground wire you see on the head is supposed to be there and is part of the wiring harness that goes to the...
Re: Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:01:49 -0700
Hello I have a question on the theme of 02 sensor grounds. I just redid mine (2.1). It seemed like a recipe for...
Re: ENGINE STIL WON"T START
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Fri, 3 May 2002 09:49:35 -0400
Is the battery good? Ground wires to check (on aircooled anyhow) - Ground strap in the battery box - Transmission to body ground, look for a...
Re: distro body ground
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:02:41 -0700
That metal tab is the ground point for the distributor RF shield , that metal shroud that goes over the distributor cap. Robert 1982 Westfalia...
Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:13:06 -0800
...In that 110VAC breaker box, from the "factory", was the shore power ground wire bonded to the Loomex ground wire to outlet and that...
Re: WIERD SCIENCE -Reply
Historical mailing list - marcus
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:07:25 -0700
...The floor pan of the van or any cars for that > >matter is not usually a good ground. Trying running a ground > >strap from...
Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:57:48 -0400
Keep in mind that in most vehicles, the sensor ground or returns are not chassis/battery grounds, they are reference grounds provided by the...
Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:06:49 -0700
...Especially if it's providing the required sensor ground. I'll read the Bentley diagrams again and suss out where the ground (constant) comes...
Re: Electrical ground locations
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:27:56 -0500
...Grounds include fuel injection and lighting grounds (a bunch of brown wires going to two bolts) including aforementioned braided ground strap. Also ground point...
Re: '86 Electrical Ground Locations (Cleaning Grounds)
Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 23:13:44 -0800
...Joe Fernandez <jfride@GMAIL.COM> Subject: '86 Electrical Ground Locations (Cleaning Grounds) Joe F. wrote in-part: Possibly the most common recommendation to track...
Re: Elec.Gurus! DC ground question (fridge fans off shore power)
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:55:43 -0700
...12v Grounds for Accessories Some are going to argue that I'm overdoing it and that using chassis ground for accessories will work fine...
Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:18:00 -0700
...TPS and ECT weren't grounded. (D-oh!) Grounded them, engine runs better, but I still get error codes for TPS, ECT, and CMP...
Re: Left head ground
Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:23:05 -0700
I've seen it quite often that these grounds go to the oil tower (black plastic cylinder thingy) which makes for a bad ground...
Re: Ground Stars
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:20:01 -0700
I'm not interested in those ground stars so much since I don't want push-on spade ground connections at all. I want...
Re: ECU Monitor
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 5 Oct 2013 16:17:24 -0700
What exactly do you mean by poor? What are those 'ground' readings? The O2 ground that the ECU monitor is looking at is the...
Re: Digijet ecu failures, "Bosch - Bosh?"
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Sat, 4 Sep 1999 14:12:54 -0700
With your ohm meter, check for continuity between each signal or power supply wire and ground from the main CU plug. You're looking...
Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:43:40 -0700
re "so if the ecu is not grounding the fuel pump correctly" there's confusion all right, the ECU does not ground the fuel...
Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:10:23 -0400
If you're not sure what that means just add some extra ground wires between engine and body to get everything at the same...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
Historical mailing list - James
Sat, 14 Nov 2015 23:33:43 -0500
...Alternator and ignition noises (RFI) in the radio have nothing to do with grounds or ground loops - except that if your ground is no...
Re: Left head ground
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:50:25 -0500
Terminal 19 on the ECU is the ground wire for the O2 wire's outer sheath. It provides the sheild needed for the low...
Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:49:37 -0700
I doubt sharing the same grounding point or wire would set a code, but you never know with electronics either. I would be really...
Re: distro body ground
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:40:42 -0700
The ground wire is for a steel shell that drops over the distributor cap. Suppose it is for screening of radio interference. Stan On...
Re: grounds - was Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
Historical mailing list - Rob
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:15:29 -0800
I tapped into each headlight ground wire just behind the connector and ran an 'extra' ground to the metal that supported the headlights. It...
Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:11:48 -0400
...Then crimp and solder a > ground wire. Screw all back in an ground to common spot on head. That would be very neat. I...
Re: extra precautions on fuelin up.
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:45:11 -0800
...The grounding is achieved when the metal/grounded nozzle comes in contact with the metal filler pipe in the vehicle. Watching the video it...
Speaker Ground (was Re: Aiwa CD stereo option)
Historical mailing list - Houston
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:52:33 -0800
I've been putting off connecting my back speakers, as I assumed they shared a ground. Anybody know what year this changed? Houston '84...
Re: Speaker Ground (was Re: Aiwa CD stereo option)
Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:41:50 -0700
I believe it changed in for the '87 model year - it is simple to check for with a VOM between speaker grounds if you...
Re: grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:57:01 -0800
Air-cooled engines don't have this ground. The one ground strap for the engine comes off the transmission mount. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young Lafayette, CA...
Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:30:52 +0000
Does it make any sence to have the O2 sensor, ECU and any other critical sensor gounds all ground at the same point? Or...
WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:25:53 -0700
...Under these conditions: - grounds between engine and frame cleaned and ok, new braided strap between engine and frame - battery negative clamp dis-connected, ECU...
O2 sensor-testing the wires
Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:13:11 -0500
The sensor DOES ground through the exhaust. The wire does not ground at both ends, as it is an unbalanced shielded cable. If it...
Soldering irons
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Dec 1995 15:35:17 -0800
...The trivial cure is to ground yourself and ground the item you're working on. A cold water pipe or the third (ground) lead...
Re: Aiwa CD stereo option
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:17:41 -0800
...The > Vanagon rear speakers use a common ground. This is not acceptable for most > modern stereos. You will need to run a separate ground...
Re: No start/ Yes spark II
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:28:39 -0700
...When connect 7 alone and then to ground, or 25 to ground, or ground to ground I get 22 ohms. So maybe my ohmmeter...
Re: ground for brake lights
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:34:17 -0400
At 04:10 PM 4/26/2015, Spencer Allen wrote: >Can someone tell me the location of ground for the brake light bulbs >on...
Re: Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:14:30 -0400
That ground connection on the oil tower is a bad idea. I usually move it to one of the screws for the fuel pressure...
Re: Tail light ground location
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:04:37 -0400
...Where do the tail light ground >at? To amplify about the ground location - look at tracks 103 and 107. Where they go to ground...
Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:08:13 -0700
Don't assume that ECU connector pin 6 is the same as frame ground. It is FI sensor common, and may be "ground" when...
Re: Quality Inverters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:37:50 -0400
Spend a few bucks and get a receptacle tester such as McMaster Carr #7018K15 or 7018K16 if you also want to test ground fault...
Re: O2 sensor-testing the wires
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:18:18 -0400
Could you explain this statement, in layman's terms? "Believe it or not, too many grounds can often result in more problems than insufficient...
Re: Ground Stars
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:43:06 -0500
...Regards, John On 7/2/2012 5:20 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > I'm not interested in those ground stars so much since...
Re: HELP - Oil light says on!
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 02:01:24 +0200
David Marshall wrote: > Hmm, grounding the yellow wire to the cylinder head and the light goes out > tough... so, what gives? Bad ground to...
Ground Stars
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Mon, 2 Jul 2012 16:34:23 -0500
I need to add another ground star. A while back I had some arc-n-spark under the dash and after having a look...
Re: Dual horn wiring
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:36:11 -0400
...Does it matter which > are 12V and which are ground.? Will the 12V or ground terminals be the > same on both horns---left side...
Re: Gremlins in the Dash
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 1 Jan 2016 17:45:02 +0000
I just finished soldering new grounds into the double brown ground wires to the lamp sockets, filing crud off the contacts, applying electrical grease...
Re: Bad ground. WAS; Hmm. Headlights don't ...
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:42:25 -0800
...Making the front grounds independent and shorter makes the lights brighter, as does the relay kit. Just screw the new grounds down in places...
Re: Flasher Relay Mystery
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:48:10 -0800
This sounds like a ground wire problem. If you look at the Bentley diagrams you will see that the dash items mostly ground to...
Re: Dual horn wiring
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:19:48 -0700
...Does it matter which are 12V and which are ground.? Will the 12V or ground terminals be the same on both horns---left side...
Re: Strange loss of Power 91 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Sat, 3 May 2003 20:18:19 -0700
...My advice? Grounds, grounds, grounds! Before you spend money and/or time on anything else, check all the electrical grounds for the engine. The...
Re: grounding for shore power
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:30:36 -0600
...I just make sure I plug the shore power cord in in the correct orientation. (Ground down) Then, all will be well if you...
Re: Neat Camper upgrade
Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
Tue, 14 May 1996 18:03:28 -0400
...The ground wire hangs > around as a protective path to ground, and it's usually used for > grounding appliance housings and such. The ground...
Re: Looking for Grounding Star
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:31:46 +0000
You could also get a grounding buss bar for the grounds to substitute for the star, or using a long screw, use that to...
Re: Grounded Rear Spare Tire Carriers
Historical mailing list - robot .
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:38:59 PDT
...The whole idea of adding these extra grounds is to establish the > > chassis as the one common ground. > > > Vanagon Rear Spare Tire Carrier Complete...