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Old 14th November 2020, 10:22 AM
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Default Earth Points

Can anyone confirm the number and location of earth points on a 2002 S8?

search is yielding nothing so far
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Old 14th November 2020, 10:42 AM
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Dozens, all over the place. What are you looking for specifically?
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Old 14th November 2020, 01:40 PM
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having some starting issues, first thing is change the battery as its quite old

should arrive this afternoon

next job check the earths
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Old 14th November 2020, 04:07 PM
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I'd deffo concentrate first on the junction box up near the front chassis rail, where the battery lead ends up after traversing the length of the car. A few years ago, mine was all crudded up and stopped my car from starting. Of course, this was only discovered after the starter motor was replaced.

MJ recently posted pictures of a junction box on the legendary 'What's in the workshop this week?' thread:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showpost....0&postcount=13

And what it looks like after a lot of hard work:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showpost....1&postcount=58
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Old 16th November 2020, 11:33 AM
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fabulous thanks for that Johnny
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Old 16th December 2020, 05:50 PM
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pretty sure whatever my issue is its not that, located the junction box and all seems in good nick, still packed with its green grease
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