If that wire bolted to the transmission is screwed to the firewall on the drivers side it's likely ok but I'd bolt it to the back of the head where it belongs. The aluminum trans case is not good for that ground.
Disconnect the negative battery cable and turn on your head lights for 10 minutes or so then turn off the lights and hook up the cable, this resets the computer, then try the code reader again, if it works then drive the car around to bring it up to operating temp and ckeck the codes. There is a thread in the 50 tech/ how to section that will show how to run codes with a paper clip, try that
Well, yes, let me explain a little better,
The grounds are very inportant as I said, battery ground to block, it should bolt directly to the block by the oil pressure sender. Another small wire from negative post on battery to the inner fender panel between battery and solenoid, a small wire from that same place going down to a cylindrical connector then into the wire harness. Another ground is bolted to the back of the head on the drivers side and to the firewall nearby with a small screw, this wire is usually a flat braided wire no covering if it's original. There is one on the passenger side below the egr valve area that comes from the injector harness and is bolted to the intake manifold or the back of the head, don't use the bolt that holds the air tube to the head, there are threaded bolt holes back there to use, its a little hard to find but it should be there. And the one by the computer in the passenger side kick panel, most grounds that screw to the body sheet metal are small sheetmetal screws with green heads.
Now about running the codes, disconnect the negative cable and turn the headlights on, this discharges any power left and alows a fresh start, turn lights off and hookup the battery cable.
Drive around to get the temps up to normal, some stop and go driving and also a steady 50 mph or more cruze so the computer experiences an array information so spend some time on the road, then run the codes, if the scanner does not work try the paper clip method, have pen and paper ready to write down the codes and report back.
If you can't run the codes with either methods you have a wiring or computer problem,
Nope it told me nothing again and it actually was already grounded where you had said i was talking about the ground in front of the driver i guess that goes to the transmission
Transmission does not need to be grounded. It goes to the back of the head on drivers side. All other grounds are good?
Pull the computer see if it smell burnt.
Transmission does not need to be grounded. It goes to the back of the head on drivers side. All other grounds are good?
Pull the computer see if it smell burnt.
Its a big end on the ground thats what makes me think it goes to the tranny because its to opwn to stay on that bolt. I was looking at the computer the other day and it didn't smell burnt now i was just checking around it to see if there was anything unplugged but I didn't see anything I might have to pull the computer out to see if something is unplugged. I feel like if there was a major issue the car just wouldn't start but it runs fine so confused.
What bolt? Can you show a pic of the wire you are looking at?
There is no ground for that transmission. http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=698148
Read through this check list a couple times to familiarize yourself with it, gather up your dmv and other tools, a note pad helps and go through the checklist, take notes, make sure the car has a recent tuneup, jrichker and others put this together and it will help you resolve 99% of problems, pay attention when you get to the part about running the codes, do the paper clip/hair pin method, let us know if you have any issues.
What bolt? Can you show a pic of the wire you are looking at?
There is no ground for that transmission. http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=698148
Read through this check list a couple times to familiarize yourself with it, gather up your dmv and other tools, a note pad helps and go through the checklist, take notes, make sure the car has a recent tuneup, jrichker and others put this together and it will help you resolve 99% of problems, pay attention when you get to the part about running the codes, do the paper clip/hair pin method, let us know if you have any issues.
I just realized that I wasn't plugging in the little gray connector and once i did it worked wow blonde moment. Thanks for the help it gave me a code 82 10 and 11