86 camaro. came with lg4. been having problems lately with guages and im thinking ground. then i remembered i have alot of wires grounding to a small starter stud. anyone know what wires should be grounding to the starter or have any pics?

im thinking i have one too many wires grounding.

 

No wires ground to the starter.....those are all hot wires.

 

that is correct, the starter is grounded to the engine block.

 

pics anyone?

 

im amused

the small single wire on the small stud all by itself is the solenoid wire from the ignition switch


all the rest of them bolt to the large stud along with the positive battery cable

and thats it, nothing to do with guages

if youre having a dash problem then i would remove the instrument cluster and clean and check all the contacts where the cluster plugs into the harness back there

some of the pins could be loose or bent,


this is a pretty common problem especially on the s-10 trucks and such, seen it happen a million times

but first make sure you have no wire touching grounding out melting on your exhaust anywhere, this is common to happen to, and when the temp wire or another wire get stuck to the exhaust then it can cause some funny things to happen

good luck

 

In a roundabout way you could say that small wire by itself is from the igntion switch. It actually connects to the Park/Neutral switch (automatics) or the Clutch safety switch (manual) and both switches are tied into the ignition switch either directly are through a starter enable relay depending on the year.
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In regards to the ground for the instrument panel, there are two small wires grounding to the dash support frame near the steering column and fuse box under the dash.

 

no ground stud there buddy. Only terminals on the starter are the S,B and M. S is the neutral safety/starter enable relay/whatever control side of the circuit. B is battery positive and M is for Motor power only

 

check the ground under the dash, its the #1 cause of most problems..
do check the wires and fusible links at the starter. one of the wires powers your interior and may have something to do with your problem.
red wire i think.
good luck!