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Re: Electrical mystery - ground fault (archive)
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Posted by gale on January 20, 2002 at 17:58:32:

In Reply to: Electrical mystery - ground fault posted by Tarjei on January 20, 2002 at 14:05:37:

That combination of components all failing simultaneously sounds like the infamous "fusible link" It's located in a small plastic case under the right rear seat bottom, behind the battery. You'll see a secondary lead from the +Pos. battery terminal running along the rear sound deadening mat & a "pillbox" clipped to it. They can develop a hairline crack when they fail & sometimes work intermittently.

gale
92 735i


My 735IA 1987 model suddenly startet acting crazy. At first, when I tried to lower the windows, the interior lights turned on. Then when I started the car again, everything worked fine. I thought... Then the central locking didn`t work. There is a clicking noise from under the backseat. Now windows, central locking, OBC, windshield wipers, and probably more doesn`t work.
I suspect a bad connection to ground, but I don`t know where to begin searching.

Help would be most appreciated!




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