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jhorton3

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I'm finally getting off my duff and making a push to get the car road worthy by mid September for the Dillard, GA show. I've got a long way to go. My question is about the ground wires for the battery and new wiring harness. Where they attach to the body work should I sand the paint in those areas down to bare metal for a good contact, or will the screw or bolt be sufficient? Also where is the most common area to fit the engine ground strap?
 
I like to fit the engine ground strap across the motor mount, but originally it was from the bottom crossmember to a bell housing bolt I believe.
 
It was.
 
There are/were TWO ground straps. One from the battery to the bulkhead and one from the engine/tranny (just under the starter motor) to the chassis rail. Clean the threads in the bulkhead mounting point and the bolts threads and you will get a good ground without removing any paint. Ditto for the chassis mount.
 
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Plus a little dab of Copper anti-seize compound on the threads. Peter
 
Hmm, think my orginial was from a trany bolt about at the tranny mount to the frame. Maybe not, been a long time.

Oh yea, woven copper wire it was.
 
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Hmm, think my orginial was from a trany bolt about at the tranny mount to the frame. Maybe not, been a long time.

Oh yea, woven copper wire it was.

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Boy, you got that right.
 
All of mine have been attached to the tranny at one of the clutch slave mount bolts. If you forget to reattach it after a slave cylinder change, the throttle cable acts as the ground. Gets hot real quick!
Jeff
 
Whoo, I remember that. Both the clutch cyl mount bolt and the hot throttle cable. Takes a bit to jog an old memory sometimes.
 
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