[TR] [6pack] Negative battery cable?

[oliver]

there are lots of places you can put a ground cable, and can tie the body to 
the engine/tranny.

I'm doing another car right now and there are more grounds than a starbucks 
on it

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From: "Bud Rolofson" <levilevi at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:11 AM
To: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor at webtv.net>
Cc: <triumphs at autox.team.net>; <6pack at autox.team.net>; "Grant Kester" 
<gkester at ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] Negative battery cable?

> Dick,
>
> That would be a lot easier.
>
> I can honestly say that for me getting the battery ground cable bolted  to 
> the body and bell housing was the hardest thing I've ever done on  my 6. 
> What I thought was going to be a 20 minute job (traditional  long braided 
> cable) turned into hours because of the tight access for  both the bolt 
> and the nut.  I must have spent an hour figuring out how  to hold both in 
> place AND having the right tools to actually pull them  together.  And 
> then I could only turn it about 1/8 each time.  I  invented swear words 
> that night.  I deserved it though since I was  fixing something that 
> didn't need fixing.  I simply wanted to go from  a flat braided cable to 
> the correct round braided cable.
>
> If anyone ever has their engine out make a note to yourself to put the 
> battery ground cable on the housing before it goes back in.  In my 
> darkest hour it occurred to me that I might have to pull the engine to 
> get the battery cable on right... thankfully that passed and saner 
> moments prevailed.  I could have picked an easier bolt but I didn't  want 
> the cable twisted around potentially rubbing things and of course  the 
> hole on the bottom of the cable lined up perfectly with the bolt  from 
> hell so the die was cast.
>
>
> Bud Rolofson