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Well, I've seen a lot of good suggestions but there's one part of the problem description that hasn't been addressed:</div>
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What if the digital dash is opening the neutral safety switch when it shouldn't?</div>
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My wild a** guess of a suggestion for whatever it's worth (maybe exactly what you paid for it - $0.00 ;-) )</div>
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<b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Mark Andy <marka@maracing.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 20, 2026 1:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] strange automotive electrical problem </div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">I had a similar thing a long time ago with a more modern car... '99 Camaro. That did turn out to be grounding related (specifically, the grounds between the engine block and the chassis).<br>
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But in my case the car almost never ran right, vs. it only occasionally having a problem. Not to say that you couldn't be on a similar path of course. Given that its fairly easy, I would definitely just run a completely new / separate grounding wire from
the engine to the chassis. Maybe even one to the frame and one to whatever sheet metal your ignition stuff is mounted on / getting its ground from?<br>
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I also wouldn't rule out the new harness if everything else checks out either though. You wouldn't be the first person to have a brand new thing have an issue. I assume you've carefully inspected all related connectors for a pin that's not fully seated, etc.
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Good luck! With my Camaro after dicking with it for a year or so, I took it to a very well respected mechanic with instructions to either fix it or burn it. At that point I didn't care which way it went. :)<br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 1:37 AM Pat Horne <<a href="mailto:patintexas@icloud.com" id="OWA077b30f1-7d15-c8e7-ffd5-2bdb07f917eb" class="OWAAutoLink">patintexas@icloud.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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