I have been following the 51 Mordoor thread and ground wiring came up. That prompted me to start this thread.

We took the wife's car to a nationally known transmission repair firm to have the trans replaced about 1 1/2 years ago. The new trans worked fine and still does, however right after the trans work the starter began to act up, cranked slow but ended up starting. After many months of this and it taking longer to start I was afraid of getting stranded so I bought a new starter and installed it. The new starter worked better but not like it really should. Eventually it got to the point that I was afraid again of being stranded, it got to the point where the starter would smoke trying to start the car and I would have to let the car set for awhile before trying to start again. Bought another starter and installed it, but before trying to start the car it occurred to me to check and see if there was a ground from the frame to the engine so I started at the battery ground post to see where that cable went, followed it to the drivers side top A frame where it seemed to disappear, it was dark under there, so I pulled on it. Lo and behold out comes the cable, bare end and all, attached to nothing. looking to see where the cable might have been attached at one time it seemed to fall perfectly to the bolt that attaches the trans to the block and also attaches the starter. Apparently the trans people tucked the cable back to the A frame to keep it out of the way and forgot all about it. The bare end must have rested on some bare metal just enough to make the electrical work but not good enough for the starter work properly. All works fine now and I am glad that bad ground didn't ruin anything else. I thought about going back to the trans people but decided against it as their denial of any fault would just make my blood boil and at my age I don't need that. So, am I stupid or just a little slow?

Sorry for the long post but thought others might get a laugh out of this.

Jack.