bad ground?
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bad ground?
hey all! I have a 95 f350 5.8 and im having arouble with alot of random things in the cab. power windows(power mirrors work), blower switch and the mode changer switch does nothing, and windshield wipers wont work. i have checked all of the plugs going into everything and they all have power. i have checked the grounds that i can see and everything seems good. but maybe i'm missing one somewhere? does anyone have any idea where I could be missing a ground? my guess is somewhere in the cab but i really don't know at this point. have to get this truck going for winter within 2 weeks. im about to start cutting and putting everything on switches just to have it for work. thanks guys!
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All of those items use ground G201, located behind the driver side kick panel, as ground in some form. The main Body ground is G101 located next to the battery. If either of those grounds are compromised you will have issues.
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Why isn't it plugged in? Or do you not have power seats or rear speakers? Plug er on in!
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No rear speakers in yet. And it's just lumbar for the seats so I just didn't have it plugged in. Also I have no carpet or kick panel or rocker panel trim. Did a cab swap and painted the hell out of the new cab. After work I'll plug it in and ground it and see what happens
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There are several items attached to G201. None of those are interconnected to the items you stated that do not work other than G201 itself. Meaning the rear speaker and lumbar motors are not required to be plugged in order for the other items to work.
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No rear speakers in yet. And it's just lumbar for the seats so I just didn't have it plugged in. Also I have no carpet or kick panel or rocker panel trim. Did a cab swap and painted the hell out of the new cab. After work I'll plug it in and ground it and see what happens
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thats exactly what it was. after work i cleaned all 5 ground points off then checked and thats what it was. but unfortunately now the turn signals seem to work on and off. and some of the gauges arnt working(which i knew) but would a bad instrument cluster cause some issues?
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If the gauges did not work before they will most likely not magically work now. Would they cause a turn signal issue?.....no.
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