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Happy saturday! I have a crazy car to look at when it warms up. The instrument cluster is randomly going nuts. Sometimes the left turn signal will cause a buzzing in the dash traction warning, abs warning, gauges will reset. I'm thinking bad ground somewhere. Ugh.

Hope the reconnected ground does the trick. If not, just plan so you never have to make a left turn :)
 

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    It was supposed to be 65 today which has turned into 55 with rain later. I have to mow today since we have to go tomorrow to my wife’s friends house that I hate going to tomorrow. It’s going to be a little chilly.
     

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    It was supposed to be 65 today which has turned into 55 with rain later. I have to mow today since we have to go tomorrow to my wife’s friends house that I hate going to tomorrow. It’s going to be a little chilly.
    Weather often changes.
     
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    Hope the reconnected ground does the trick. If not, just plan so you never have to make a left turn :)
    Ha! This was a weird one, it seems the extra current draw from the turn signal would cause a voltage drop across the ground (behind a headlight) and get the body control module and hazard switch (has a blinker circuit) to drop out and go bonkers. That's my latest theory anyway. :)
     

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    Ha! This was a weird one, it seems the extra current draw from the turn signal would cause a voltage drop across the ground (behind a headlight) and get the body control module and hazard switch (has a blinker circuit) to drop out and go bonkers. That's my latest theory anyway. :)
    I wouldn’t be surprised. I had a machine the other day that had two grounding issues. One was just on a specific model on a certain year they grounded through the ignition switch to the frame and one other that had the hour meter doing weird stuff and the idle control wouldn’t work due to a damaged ground.
     

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    I wouldn’t be surprised. I had a machine the other day that had two grounding issues. One was just on a specific model on a certain year they grounded through the ignition switch to the frame and one other that had the hour meter doing weird stuff and the idle control wouldn’t work due to a damaged ground.
    Hubs was a mechanic so I've seen my share of ground issues.
     
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    I like my Sweet Strawberry Cream One Shot so much I ordered 4 new ones to try since they have 15% off right now. Lazy I know but works for me.
    I keep the dinner lady blackberry crumble one shot in my regular rotation.
     

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