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09-03-2007, 04:01 PM
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Concerned about how i wired it up (battery in trunk related)
so after i moved the battery to the trunk, i was concerned on where i would find a good spot for the ground, so what i did was grounded it to the frame on the rear passenger side frame.
when i went to start it up it cranked slowly. so i thought my ground wasn't good enough. next thing i did was ground the engine to the front driver side frame. when i went to hit the ignition it crank up really quick and worked just fine. is there anything wrong with the way i wired it?
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09-04-2007, 01:39 PM
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Sounds right. Make sure it's to clean bare metal(No paint).
Good thing you grounded the engine. Other wise it may use the shift cable. Ends up welding the inner cable to casing.
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09-09-2007, 09:57 PM
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ha ha thanks.
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09-09-2007, 10:44 PM
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The block ground on my old Camaro broke, the positive cable shorted on the header, grounded through the shifter cable and mechanical gauges, and set the car on fire at 11 p.m. in front of a police station, all because I didn't install a tourque strap. I guess that even a braided strap can't hold an engine forever!
It sounds like you have it set up right, though. |
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#5
09-11-2007, 12:09 AM
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I have used the frame as the return ground in all my battery relocations. You can never have too many grounds - engine to frame, sheet metal to frame, engine to firewall and where ever else you can think of. I also fried the throttle cable of a neighbors Aston-Martin when I forgot to hook the engine ground back up - we all learn from our mistakes. If we are lucky, the lessons are not too expensive.
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