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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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I have a loose ground some where on the car, its a 2001 FRC all the performance is there but every check engine light comes on within the first 3 minutes of driving the car... can anyone one help me out and tell me where some of the grounds are located?


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theres gorunds located on each side of the block...you'll have to get under it prob to see em, there is also one in the top bell housing bolt on the drivers side between the motor and the firewall. idk if thats all of em or not but thats what i can remember on the engine grounds.
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thanks guys for the help the information was excellent
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When I did all my grounds, I found that #8, one of the two rearmost grounds shown on the page from the FSM in Bill's post was just an unthreaded post spotwelded on the frame, no wire attached. The other side was threaded with a ground attached.

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