Electrical gremlins.....again (archive)

My radio, clock, dask/brake/tail/lisence plate lights all seem to not like working all of the time now. My Dash lights take a few seconds or flicks of the switch to turn on (seems to be cold sensative).

My brake, rear, and lisence plate light warnings intermitantly come on, not all ways at the same time(I think the cold is affecting that also by increasing resistance or the metal has srunk enough to create a bad connection)

My radio either has a problem with the heat being on over 75 degrees or under 50 (its at 85 degrees mostly) or it just doesnt like working all the time (intermitent connection to...?) I've checked the wires behind the radio itself, those are fine and in tight. The problem is the power either cuts out fully and the antena starts its downward journy, or there is a signifigant enough loss of power to cause it to not pick up radio/cd signals, but the display is still lit (the antena may start to go down).

My clock still wacko thinking 30 seconds is 1 minute, but its also an intermittent thing, some days it will work some it wont, and sometimes it cuts out when its warm others it reverts to working once its warm. Sometimes it even flickers when the radio has a large power loss (same curcuit most likely).

So which of these are on the same curcuit and where are the possible shorts/loose connections, its begining to be extreamly annoying! Could this all be casued by a loose connection to the OBC behind the front speaker? Or is it somewhere I havent thought of even looking (I looked at the fuse and made sure its tight tonight, and I fiddled with the radio connection and its tight)

Thanks,
~James

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Grounds, grounds, oh and did i say grounds!!!! danw2002ti/m20 19:59 12/29/2001 (1)
- Any idea which ones / where? James '82 733i 01:26 12/30/2001 (0)

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