[DML] Re: Engine shuts off @ idle(was blinkers blinkers fixed)

["Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

This is one of the main grounds of the car.  You are right, it 
connects to the frame underneath the coolant bottle.  I found this 
connection to be very loose and corroded on my car where it bolts 
through the firewall.  My solution was to rip out that bolt, pull 
the black connector out through the hole into the engine bay (the 
part that was originally inside of the car), and then use a stronger 
connector to join the two ground wires.  The type I chose looks like 
a hollow brass cylinder with 2 screws in it.  This makes the bare 
wires a little less exposed.  

Additionally, while you're in there, you'll notice there's 3 brown 
wires that connect to the main HOT for the car, bolted to the 
pontoon on your right.  These were also very loose and corroded on 
my car.  My fix here was to take those 3 brown wires, strip off the 
ends, and place all 3 of them in a single 4 gauge ring connector 
(they'll fit!) sealed with heatshrink tubing. 

Sometimes I'd really like to get ahold of the person who wired my 
car.  There's many places on the car where a whole bunch of wires go 
to the same exact place.  Rather than wire them all together and use 
a single connector, they left them all separate, with 3 to 5 
separate connectors.  It's my opinion that you should try to 
minimize the number of connections which are joined by only 
mechanical means (i.e., quick disconnect-type terminals).  Use 
solder wherever possible.  Simplicity is key!

Matt
#1604
--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, John Podlewski <john_podlewski@xxxx> 
wrote:
> In the engine bay, while I was back there working on`the blinkers 
behind the ignition coil.   I noticed under all the different color 
plugs, and to the right of the coil, there is a BLACK WIRE which 
looks like a ground wire.
> Well when the wire is moved the slightest the engine dies @ idle.  
> It comes out of the firewall along the right side of the engine 
and looks like it goes somewhere under the coolant bottle.  Seems to 
be an easy diagnosis but before I start replacing it, what it go 
to???  Part # etc... etc...
> Any suggestions, or anyone ever seen this problem before?  
> One electrical problem followed by another or maybe another!
> 
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