What does this ground go to?

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Jan 19, 2011 | 04:52 PM

69gto96z

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What does this ground go to?

Does anybody know what this ground goes to? I popped my hood today to do a quick inspection to make sure everything sounded right, and I saw this. I know when it got disconnected, the night before Thanksgiving when I was working on the car in the dark. So it has been off for close to two months, and I have not noticed that the car drives any differently. I went ahead and re-connected it, just curious as to what it provides a ground to.

Jan 19, 2011 | 04:53 PM

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No idea

Jan 19, 2011 | 04:58 PM

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It is probably for the fusible links that are in fed buy that red junction box.

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Jan 19, 2011 | 05:04 PM

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maybe its redundant?

Jan 19, 2011 | 05:14 PM

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maybe its redundant?

If that nut is loose at all it will make the car shut off when its running, kind of like a ignition switch failure.

Jan 19, 2011 | 05:48 PM

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LOL back up a little so we can see exactly where it is. Kind of hard to tell by the pic

edit Ok i see the red power box

Jan 19, 2011 | 08:22 PM

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It's one of the grounds for the body harness that goes into the passenger compartment. No telling what it's for because there are a ton of grounds that come through there.