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Old 04-06-2006, 12:45 PM
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Re: Power Locks - Rear Works - Front Doesn't

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Originally Posted by cao226
Dan,

Thank you for your reply. Checking the ground sounds like a great idea, but of course I have a couple of questions:

1) when you say hook a wire up to a "known good ground" do you my on the car (like the engine block) or something else...like my house...(ok as I write this the 'house' idea but I'll ask anyway :-D)…also can I use jumper cables or do I need a smaller wire?

2) When attaching the wire to the door wouldn't I need to get to bare metal? Do I actually need to scrap off paint?

3) Since both front doors are experiencing the problem, do I need to ground both of them?


Thanks again for any help.

Chris
Chris

Lets say away from the house! The ground on the battery is good. Try to find bare metal. I think you would only need to check one door. (this would prove a bad ground) Jumber cables would work if they're long enough. 12-14 g wire should be okay for this test.

Regards

Dan
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