Re: 20V bs again

["Bob D'Amato" <Bob.Damato@snetlink.com>]

On Tue, 1 Aug 1995, Don Hoefer wrote:

> 
> Nick Craft writes:
> 
> >I suggest going out & buying the book by Charles Probst on
> Bosch FI systems. I've found it invaluable for chasing
> down annoying problems like this.
> 
> Here's one SWAG: Bad ground to FI computer box - in 5000's
> this was grounded by a long wire to the engine, which
> broke once on my car causing no end of strange problems.>
> 
> Ditto from me.  My '82 Coupe once went through a phase when it
> was new where it would start fine and then be undrivable two
> blocks down the road.  A ground wire connected to a stud on the
> intake manifold (of all places) had pulled out of it's crimp.
> Splicing on another inch and a half of wire and reconnecting it
> solved the problem.
> 
> The electrical diagrams in the Bentley manual generally have a
> footnote that sort of tells you where all of the chassis ground
> points are.
> 

Interesting. This happened on my 4kq as well, and the computer went 
flaky. Reattaching it fixed it all. This didnt dawn on me because when 
its warm its wonderful, didnt think that it would 'reattatch' once 
warmed... but Ill look into it! Thanks!

Bob


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