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Subject:Re: Static on radio
From:SStones
Date:Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:39:24 -0400

At 02:36 PM 8/28/02 -0400, you wrote:
>It seems to me that whenever I press lightly on the brake pedal that I get a
>rush of static on the radio station that I am listening to. Am I crazy or is
>it a bad ground issue.

Or is it the brake on/off switch making intermittant contact at that point
of the brake pedal?
But first off, check the grounds under the dash.  There's that circular
ground on the wall under the dash by the driver's left shin...  Just
forward of the fuse panel with a bunch of female push on connectors
grounding many of the dashboard things, maybe you want to pull it off,
sandpaper the back and tighten it back on...  Could help, couldn't hurt
unless you poke yourself with the screw-driver.