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Re: [RE: Ground Strap Thought]

To: "J Arzt" <humber_snipe@hotmail.com>, alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [RE: Ground Strap Thought]
From: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
Date: 30 Nov 00 21:49:11 EST
On early alpines the clutch hydraulic line makes a dandy engine ground too.

Jan




"J Arzt" <humber_snipe@hotmail.com> wrote:
Or through the throttle linkage. It's always nice to have heavy current 
flowing through a petrol-filled carburettor! But the most likely place is 
the clutch pipe - nice, solid connection to the bellhousing and to the body.

Jon

--------- original message

> >Yes, but DO keep the tranny one clean, and
> >functional because if the other one fails, all the
> >starter motor current will pass through your driveshaft
> >splines through your driveshaft and bearing.
>
>Doesn't that presume that there is some metal to metal contact out past the 
>transmission?  I'm trying to think of one, and can't.  The rear end is 
>strapped to the springs and those are suspended in larger rubber bushings, 
>right?  I guess there are the shock absorbers.  But, doesn't the internal 
>shaft ride on a non-metallic bushing too?
>
>Ahhh, the emergency brake cable.  Never mind!
>
>Jay

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