Darcy:
The correct route is battery to firewall to engine lifting hook.
A very common error is to attached the engine ground to the bell housing
(probably because it is a bit easier) but the correct attachment point
is to the rear engine lifting hook.
The correct cable is a braided cable, with no insulation. If you
want a correct cable and cannot find one, I know that British Auto Works
has them, as that is where I got mine (used).
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Hunter, Darcy
Sent: December 17, 2007 9:23 AM
To: '6pack@autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: [6pack] Proper grounding
My understanding it that the battery should be grounded at the bell
housing but also to the firewall via a bolt that is on the firewall just
behind the accelerator pedal shaft. Looks like it should be a braided
cable with a metal clamp on the cable partway between the battery and
the bell housing.
The firewall bolt goes through the clamp and into the firewall. I plan
on taking extra care to ensure there is no dirt or paint between the
clamp and firewall. I've heard someone say the path is battery to bell
housing back up to the firewall. Doesn't seems as logical but that no
indicator of how
it would have been originally engineered.
Darcy
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