[urq] ground point 13, FOUND

[Buchholz, Steven]

... what signals are grounded via this path?  In general you would think
it would be better to ground through the chassis, but if there are
grounds for things like timing sensors and the like it could well create
a ground loop and induce noise ... 

I don't know how big the resulting aneurysm is, but if there's any way
to fit some shrink wrap over it that would be by far the most robust
solution.  Regular vinyl sleeving would be my second choice.  Electrical
tape tends to deteriorate with time and temp ... but if you wrap it well
it should do the job ... just doesn't look as clean as the others IMO.

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> I started trimming the wiring harness wrap and have found the other
> end of my fried wire.
> 
> Ground point 13 is a collection of about 8 ground wires of various
> gauge that are all just cut and taped together, then wrapped and
> folded over and wrapped into the wiring harness just near the steering
> column.
> 
> I have digital pix if anyone would like to see and/or host them.
> 
> This particular wire runs from fuse box connector G, tab 31 to this
> "welded" connection.  I'm going to run a replacement but I wondered if
> it would matter if I ran it directly to the multi-tab connector
> (kostal connector?) directly on the kick panel.  Seems to me that
> might be better if anything.
> 
> Any suggestions on what to use to rewrap the harness?  I was going to
> just use electrical tape, but thought I'd check to see if there's
> something better I could/should use.