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Oct 15, 2007 | 02:03 AM

Jrp1978

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Car just went nuts

On the way home tonight after the head can cam install . I drove about 20 miles and when i got to my home town the mph and tach stop working and the car started running like dog **** and kinda knocking and now it wont start . What the hell did i do now?

Oct 15, 2007 | 02:14 AM

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Is air coming out of the intake?

Oct 15, 2007 | 10:07 AM

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not sure

i am headed out know to investigate

Oct 15, 2007 | 10:11 AM

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did you forget to connect a ground wire or didnt tighten up all your grounds ?

Oct 15, 2007 | 10:15 AM

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dont thinkk so

there was three of them of the back of the driver side head . I put all of them together and then tightened the bolt

Oct 15, 2007 | 11:13 AM

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there was three of them of the back of the driver side head . I put all of them together and then tightened the bolt

I'm suprised it even ran that way.

I did that on mine & it wouldn't even fire up. I had to go back & look at my buddies motor & then put my grounds exactly like they were before removing them. Then the car fired right up & haven't had a issue since.

Oct 15, 2007 | 03:19 PM

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there are more than those 3 ground wires, there are a few, I think one is mounted on the motor mount or close to it on drivers side and one towards the rear on the passenger side behind the motor mount

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Oct 15, 2007 | 04:23 PM

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sounds like you broke the crank position wire or almost at least

Oct 16, 2007 | 03:30 PM

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sounds like you broke the crank position wire or almost at least

I doubt it would have started in the first place if that had happened.

It definitely sounds like a ground problem, considering it was doing fine for awhile there.