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Jan 2, 2011 | 09:09 AM

#46

69cj

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I have to agree. If your cold start issue disappears with the external gnd. on then don't look a gift horse in the mouth. If you have time to kill then I would dig deeper.

Jan 2, 2011 | 09:51 AM

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wldcat65

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well it started right up. No issues at all. It went down to 14 last night. I think is going back down to the single digits later this week so I will try it again. If it holds out i will wait until warmer weather to dig deeper.

Jan 2, 2011 | 09:54 AM

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Hope all is well for Ya!

Jan 2, 2011 | 09:58 AM

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gearloose1

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Originally Posted by wldcat65

Looks like you are out of the hole....

And the old saying...

If you are in a hole... stop digging.

Suppose you replace the harness to see if it is a bad harness (all 3)....

That didn't work... so you replace the stuff at the other end...

And it turns out to be a bad connector at the FICM (often impossible to diagnose).

With the answer being to replace the FICM (since it is real hard to locate and install a replacement connector --- not impossible... but).

Man, that ground wire is real good!