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Having been there, done that, I can almost guarantee that you don't have good grounds, especially after seeing all the fresh new paint. Using 2 new ground straps, grind the paint off down to bare, shiny metal on the firewall somewhere and grind a spot on the frame. Make sure these ground-off places are large enough so that the ground strap isn't laying on any paint. Either sheet-metal screw the cables down or drill through and use a bolt and nut. Same deal with the motor. Find a place on the block where you can attach the other cable and run it to the connection on the frame where the firewall cable terminates. After you've done this, coat both the outer and inner sides of the hole/screw/bolt/nut whatever on each cable end with RTV to completely seal both sides of each connection from atmosphere and water being splashed up from the road.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Having been there, done that, I can almost guarantee that you don't have good grounds, especially after seeing all the fresh new paint. Using 2 new ground straps, grind the paint off down to bare, shiny metal on the firewall somewhere and grind a spot on the frame. Make sure these ground-off places are large enough so that the ground strap isn't laying on any paint. Either sheet-metal screw the cables down or drill through and use a bolt and nut. Same deal with the motor. Find a place on the block where you can attach the other cable and run it to the connection on the frame where the firewall cable terminates. After you've done this, coat both the outer and inner sides of the hole/screw/bolt/nut whatever on each cable end with RTV to completely seal both sides of each connection from atmosphere and water being splashed up from the road.

You know your right about the paint, it is really thick......and nice, i noticed that while poking around under there. This is all great info, thanks for the reply.



when its figured out and repaired i'll post an update