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kenchan · 11-13-2015, 02:21 PM

if you're unsure if the bolt is a clean ground or not, u can use your voltmeter and touch one prong to a known ground (like a bolt for your clutch pedal assembly or any big metal bracket under the dash) and touch the other prong to your candidate bolt. if the volt drops to "0 volts" you got a clean ground.

Leingod · 11-13-2015, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

if you're unsure if the bolt is a clean ground or not, u can use your voltmeter and touch one prong to a known ground (like a bolt for your clutch pedal assembly or any big metal bracket under the dash) and touch the other prong to your candidate bolt. if the volt drops to "0 volts" you got a clean ground.

never owned or used a voltometer. Hopefully I can just find a bolt under the dash near the fuse box that just holds 2 parts of plastic together or something.

kenchan · 11-13-2015, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

never owned or used a voltometer. Hopefully I can just find a bolt under the dash near the fuse box that just holds 2 parts of plastic together or something.

humm... you want to find a bolt that holds 2 parts of metal together. most of the larger brackets behind the dash is grounded though, but some are cleaner ground than others. clean ground will show "0 volts".. not so clean will fluctuate between 0 to like 2V.

amazon sells a super cheap voltmeter which works fine. you might want to get one for this and future use. pretty handy stuff to have.

Volmate Digital LCD Voltmeter Ammeter Ohmmeter Multimeter Volt AC DC Tester Meter - - Amazon.com

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	if you're unsure if the bolt is a clean ground or not, u can use your voltmeter and touch one prong to a known ground (like a bolt for your clutch pedal assembly or any big metal bracket under the dash) and touch the other prong to your candidate bolt. if the volt drops to "0 volts" you got a clean ground.