<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443976183985_2890" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443976183985_2891">Thanks Sloane. I have the stock braided negative cable with attaching points at firewall and block. Seems to be an uncommon type of cable, but Triumph must have did it this way as it is needed for adequate grounding. I suppose if you used a common shielded auto parts store cable you could run a short grounding strap from firewall to block,</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, October 3, 2015 5:27 PM, im sloane <im_sloane@hotmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7795840789"><style>#yiv7795840789 #yiv7795840789 --
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#yiv7795840789 </style><div><div dir="ltr">Bruce,<div>Make sure you've got a good negative block to body cable too. My brother's 73 was missing it completely and he kept frying alternators because of it. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Sloane :)</div><div><br clear="none"><div><hr id="yiv7795840789stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 16:18:42 +0000<br clear="none">To: 6pack@autox.team.net<br clear="none">Subject: [6pack] Learning about electricity<br clear="none">From: 6pack@autox.team.net<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7795840789yqt5995495606" id="yiv7795840789yqt01156"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667">Intermittent starting issue (click-click). Tested battery and alternator. cleaned and re-tightened connections at starter motor using electrical grease. Replaced ratty original positive battery cablle. Fixed bare wire going into molex connector. weeping heater hose to firewall. Had negative cable off several years ago and cleaned up and tightened the connections. Still no joy.</div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr">Thought problem was on power side as running booster cable from positive battery terminal to starter motor terminal made it go, I had lights and horn. One day I got click-click, and then nothing and also no lights. Turned out the negative cable was loose where it attached to the battery disconnect switch. I've one of the green knob ones from the local auto parts store. Great safety measure as easy to isolate battery.</div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr">12 year old gear reduction starter motor from TRF seems good as new. This was a great upgrade as harder starting with engine compression increase.</div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr">All seems well now. Lesson learned about needing tight clean ground connections for good starting. Oh well, the other fixes needed doing.</div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr">Bruce Simms</div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667" dir="ltr">73 TR6</div><div id="yiv7795840789ecxyui_3_16_0_1_1443886830416_3667"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________
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