Hunting grounds
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Hunting grounds
Working on a tail light issue. All rear lights terminate to an 8 slot AMP connector under the seat that connects to the harness. I believe everything on the lights side of the connector is good. Slots 4, 5 and 8 house black ground wires. The schematic shows these three connected together on the harness side of the connector, with one wire going to a ground stud that has already been addressed. . It's late and it's dark, and I can't see much down in there at the moment.
My question is, how would one expect those three ground wires to be connected? Wire jumpers, wire nuts, or ? Two of the grounds seem fine, I want to get a look at how the third one is connected.
My question is, how would one expect those three ground wires to be connected? Wire jumpers, wire nuts, or ? Two of the grounds seem fine, I want to get a look at how the third one is connected.
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So the three black ground wires from the connector under the seat come out of the harness way down in the abyss. They are terminated with crimp-on ring connectors and fasten to the frame with a small mounting bolt behind the electrical panel. Two wires were crimped to the same ring, the other had it's own.
Hated that ground scheme so I made a new one by drilling a 3/8" hole next to a weld on the electrical backing plate. Ground off the paint, used toothed SS washers, and red loctite bolted a SS 1-1/4" long bolt/nut with enough sticking out to be a ground stud. Works great.
Hated that ground scheme so I made a new one by drilling a 3/8" hole next to a weld on the electrical backing plate. Ground off the paint, used toothed SS washers, and red loctite bolted a SS 1-1/4" long bolt/nut with enough sticking out to be a ground stud. Works great.
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