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1275 Spridget Ground Strap

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AlanT

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I have a 1974 Midget and there is no ground strap on the engine/gearbox assembly. Can someone tell me the correct location to install a new one?

Alan T
 
It goes on the passenger side. There is a bolt on the underside of the body tub. It connects to the transmission bell housing bolt.
 
Is a strange way to hang it, is bolted to the bottom of the tub with a capture nut so the darn thing kinda hangs down toward the road then other end to closest transmission bolt.
 
Some people move it to a front motor mount.
 
Thanks for the quick responses everyone. I thought I was losing it. This Midget only has about 40% of it's original body parts. The rest has been replaced including the floors. The bottom ground strap bolt hole must be long gone. If I could figure out how to post a pic I would do it because this car is a pretty one.
Alan T
 
A bolt of the starter mount is probably the best place, cause that is the place where the real current is running. I have also monted one on the front of the motor by the front engine mount. Bad things happen when you are not grounded.
 
You're not kidding about bad things happening without a good engine ground. Hot cables mostly and melted things.
BTW, here is a pic of the ground bolt hole. For orientation, up in the pic is forward on the car and left in the pic is right on the car. The bolt hole is at the top left.
Sorry, that picture is here
 
you got it jack ... that's exactly what i remember ... nothing clean about that design!
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don't know how you survived without a ground strap ... must have been some form of grounding!
 
Wherever you end up putting it, be sure there are good metal-to-metal joints at both ends. Beyond that, the place you locate it is not critical.
 
racingenglishcars said:
You're not kidding about bad things happening without a good engine ground. Hot cables mostly and melted things.
BTW, here is a pic of the ground bolt hole. For orientation, up in the pic is forward on the car and left in the pic is right on the car. The bolt hole is at the top left.
Sorry, that picture is here
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I just had a bad thing happen this morning. I had my temp gauge temporarily hooked up, just taped to the dash mount area for the engine checkout and all. I was fooling around reaching down in the pocket that is formed between the fender and inner shell (radius area) and accidentally knocked the temp guage wire onto the positive of the battery, The outer protective coil glowed red hot. I pulled it free, but the coil had burned through leaving just the copper tube (apparently unharmed) I was able to bring the two ends of the coil together and get them wound up a few turns on each other and i think it will be ok, but man that scared me. I should have pulled loose the neg battery lead.
 
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