Brian, forgive me for taking soooo long to respond... Family issue had me tied up and away from the car. Thank you VERY MUCH for the tip. I'm all but positive it's the "child lock" button on drivers switch that is causing a ground issue. Will most definitely be using the socket 1&2 trick to roll them up until I figure out how to resolve the child lock ground.

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83 300D 144K never letting this one go!