Date:         Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:43:16 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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At 02:58 PM 6/9/2012, Don Hanson wrote:
>stuff" ?   The gut reaction is "BS, It can't just be a bad ground...." but

Every connection in an electrical circuit is equally
important.  Ground connections tend to be out in the weather (or made
of steel and placed under a common windshield leak...) and have a
disproportionate rate of problems in these vans.  In all cases they
connect to steel at some point which is a failure looking for a
chance to happen.

High-current connections have to be very good or they burn up or stop
working.  The higher the current draw, the better the connections must be.

Low-current connections (like the sender connections into the ECU)
have to be good and consistent or the ECU will see false and
intermittent data about engine conditions and cause bad/erratic
engine operation.

Yours,
David