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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 10:46 AM
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Where's a good ground under the dash

Hooking up some guages and instead of running ground wires behind the pcm and out into engine bay, anyone know of a good ground in the cabin maybe under the dash somewhere?
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 11:01 AM
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Re: Where's a good ground under the dash

There's a nut (10 mm I think) on the bottom left above the kick panel that connects the dash to the body... I've used that before.
Old Mar 2, 2005 | 11:06 AM
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Re: Where's a good ground under the dash

how bout any of the ground wires for the cig lighter, radio or things like that?
Old Mar 2, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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Re: Where's a good ground under the dash

That nut does not ring a bell but I will look for it.

I was thinking along the lines of a nut, but I guess splicing into another ground wire should work. I have 2 grounds to connect, so just combine them, strip away a bit from the cig. lighter ground wire, and connect all of them together? Would it be ok to just elect. tape all together then? Without looking at the lighter wires in front of me, what color is that ground wire...green?

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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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Re: Where's a good ground under the dash

Originally Posted by bad1LEz
That nut does not ring a bell but I will look for it.
You'll have to remove the drivers side kick panel and it's behind that.

You can use the cigarette lighter ground or something similar.. I usually stay away from tapping into other grounds just because of having to strip, splice, and tape the wires.. Easier just to unbolt a bolt and place a ground there... I'd stay away from any radio grounds though... Could cause noise in the radio.
Old Mar 2, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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Re: Where's a good ground under the dash

There is a big ol' ground lug under each front kick panel just below the dash.
Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:34 AM
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Re: Where's a good ground under the dash

Originally Posted by shoebox
There is a big ol' ground lug under each front kick panel just below the dash.
The nuts are right up by the dash. They are pretty hard to miss. Thats where i would hook your grounds too.
Old Mar 3, 2005 | 06:26 AM
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crystal clear now. Thanks a lot everyone.
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