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Post by bigwinn » Wed May 01, 2024 9:34 pm

Hi all

I’m trying to sort my various project car gremlins I thought it’s worth checking all the earth locations (90% I found were undone)

Is there a definitive list to see if I’ve missed one? I tried TIS to no avail…

I was surprised how many there were!!

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Post by Pondrew » Wed May 01, 2024 9:51 pm

bigwinn wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 9:34 pm I was surprised how many there were!!
Yeah there are bloody hundreds of them on any car. Don't really know why, as the car IS the earth.
My mate, who is a bit of an electrical wizard, tried explaining it all a while ago. It is something to do with ''groups of circuits" and being able to isolate them in groups via the earths, but I switched off (pun) after a few minutes. :)
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Post by colb » Wed May 01, 2024 11:42 pm

They do seem to like using a comb fitment to connect multiple earth wires to it at a single connection point to the body of the car. Check the ones you find are clean and tight where the comb fits to the body. There is at least one comb in the engine bay, maybe another in the boot behind the carpets.
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Post by Trav » Thu May 02, 2024 9:31 am

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16GZDka ... 1_E-6/view

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Post by Pondrew » Thu May 02, 2024 9:59 am

Trav wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 9:31 am https://drive.google.com/file/d/16GZDka ... 1_E-6/view

Give that a bash
Don't suppose you have one of those for the Z3? :)
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Post by bigwinn » Thu May 02, 2024 10:58 am

Trav wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 9:31 am https://drive.google.com/file/d/16GZDka ... 1_E-6/view

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Post by Trav » Thu May 02, 2024 5:45 pm

https://www.bimmer-service.com/

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