aaronbuley
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Both of these are supposed to be grounds right??
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Are you talking about this purple wire?Do you have the purple wire on the starter? The wire is not shown in this picture but should be connected to this connection on the starter.
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Both of these are supposed to be grounds right??
No. That’s for the fog lamps. I could barely see in your other photo but it looks like it’s there.Are you talking about this purple wire?
Yippie! What was it that allow it to start? One of those wires I guess.It’s working.
Fired up.
Yessir! The headlight ground wire wasn’t making good contact. Corrected that and BOOM!Yippie! What was it that allow it to start? One of those wires I guess.
You will need to find the big light blue wire that went to your radiator fan and attach it to the yellow connector. It extends the radiator fan wire to the front of the car.what is this wire for?
That doesn’t sounds correct. They usually have the ground lugs to bolt down in the tunnel. You may want to check that. The grounded wires are all at the brake pedal mount, the tunnel, and then in the rear at the ground lug on the driver’s side transmission mount. I’m glad I did my own wiring so I knew where they all were. Give Lonny a call and see, maybe they extended the ground lugs out of the tunnel.Correct. There are zero open wires through the tunnel. DF did the harness so I assumed it’s right.
Radiator fan wire.what is this wire for?
There’s definitely enough fuel.It may have air in the fuel line. Make sure you have at least a couple of gallons in your tank too.
I no longer put a ground in the tunnel. It is too hard to check if the engine doesn't crank. I moved some of them back near the engine and rest up to the pedal box.That doesn’t sounds correct. They usually have the ground lugs to bolt down in the tunnel. You may want to check that. The grounded wires are all at the brake pedal mount, the tunnel, and then in the rear at the ground lug on the driver’s side transmission mount. I’m glad I did my own wiring so I knew where they all were. Give Lonny a call and see, maybe they extended the ground lugs out of the tunnel.
Got it. Smart.I no longer put a ground in the tunnel. It is too hard to check if the engine doesn't crank. I moved some of them back near the engine and rest up to the pedal box.
WOWZERS. To think a headlight ground could be the cause of an engine not cranking. This is exactly the reason why I am so excited about this build process, learning stuff like this about engines is so fascinating and helpful. Last night we got to the part where you empty the fuel by jumping the relay and instead of putting the fuel into gas cans, we just put the fuel straight into our daily driver. Its stuff like that I would have never known you could do had we not done this project, such cool stuff. Don't worry, I tasted the fuel to make sure it hadn't gone bad.Yessir! The headlight ground wire wasn’t making good contact. Corrected that and BOOM!
My trouble now is that the engine dies after about 2 seconds. But at least it cranks!!!
I believe the reason it's working with the ground on the headlight harness is because that ground provides the ground for relays in the fusebox as well as the headlights, that's all. I don't believe everything else is grounding back through it, at least it shouldn't. I totally understand what you are saying and it would be a huge concern, but I believe it's only providing a ground to the relays which he didn't have before and the relays weren't working.Congratulations!
I would be concerned though, if connecting the headlight ground let you start the car. You still have a ground issue. It's because of the headlight ground that you have confirmed it's a ground issue.
All the cars electrical grounding will be through that one wire, which is not a heavy enough guage. You dont want things to start melting or failing.
It's not the "headlights" that are doing it, it is a ground wire on the headlight harness that grounds the relays and what not in the fuse box. Hence why if it is not grounded, the whole fuse box is unable to function properly. This applies to Goblins and Cobalts.I just found this thread, Chad... looking over it now for help with my issues. Weird to think that headlights could do this, does that apply to build goblins for non-yet-disassembled donors too?