[6pack] Proper grounding

[Hunter, Darcy]

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 

-----Original Message-----
From: forzion at maine.rr.com [mailto:forzion at maine.rr.com <mailto:forzion at maine.rr.com> ] 
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 9:33 AM
To: Hunter, Darcy
Subject: Re: [6pack] Proper grounding

Darcy;

I'm a little lost on this. Of course, some have probably written back to you off list so I haven't seen everything on this that you have. My negative battery cable currently is grounded to a bolt on the tranny housing. Where else would I need to ground my car?

Dave
'74-Six

> _____________________________________________ 
> From: 	Hunter, Darcy  
> Sent:	Monday, December 17, 2007 9:16 AM
> To:	'6pack at autox.team.net'
> Subject:	Proper grounding
> 
> Appreciate all the help.  Looks like that cable should be braided so I'll get one from TRF, Not that it wouldn't be easy to strip a small piece of insulation from the current wire, but would like to keep the original look.  Will let everyone know how it works out.
> 
> 
> Darcy Hunter 
> '73 TR6
> No. Easton, MA