FWIW
I didn't 'like' where the ground strap was routed in my 250 ( I seem to
recall that the 6 is similar ) so I moved it further away from the
steering column.
I used a ground cable that runs over the steering column from the
battery post to the bolt for the brake/clutch pedal assembly. From that
bolt I have another cable running to the engine. It mounts to the bolt
that used to hold the fuel pump.
I too had the tight steering syndrome several years ago ( 1981 to be
exact ) but my incident resulted in lots of smoke and charred wires.
Dumb guy story follows....in an attempt to 'clean up' the wiring under
the hood I had routed the wires from the alternator close to the steering
column in such a way that they snagged on the rubber joint. I felt the
'tight' steering, and before I could do anything, the wires were fried,
the car was full of smoke, and saw some flames from the plastic coating
on the wires. A quick battery disconnect and some grabbing wires with
the gloved hand took care of the immediate problem. Spent a few hours
re-wiring the mess and vowed to make sure it didn't happen again. That
is when I moved all wires as far away as possible from any twisting
source.
Hugh R. McAleer
Jonesboro, GA
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