there are lots of places you can put a ground cable, and can tie the body to
the engine/tranny.
I'm doing another car right now and there are more grounds than a starbucks
on it
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From: "Bud Rolofson" <levilevi@comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:11 AM
To: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <6pack@autox.team.net>; "Grant Kester"
<gkester@ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] Negative battery cable?
> Dick,
>
> That would be a lot easier.
>
> I can honestly say that for me getting the battery ground cable bolted to
> the body and bell housing was the hardest thing I've ever done on my 6.
> What I thought was going to be a 20 minute job (traditional long braided
> cable) turned into hours because of the tight access for both the bolt
> and the nut. I must have spent an hour figuring out how to hold both in
> place AND having the right tools to actually pull them together. And
> then I could only turn it about 1/8 each time. I invented swear words
> that night. I deserved it though since I was fixing something that
> didn't need fixing. I simply wanted to go from a flat braided cable to
> the correct round braided cable.
>
> If anyone ever has their engine out make a note to yourself to put the
> battery ground cable on the housing before it goes back in. In my
> darkest hour it occurred to me that I might have to pull the engine to
> get the battery cable on right... thankfully that passed and saner
> moments prevailed. I could have picked an easier bolt but I didn't want
> the cable twisted around potentially rubbing things and of course the
> hole on the bottom of the cable lined up perfectly with the bolt from
> hell so the die was cast.
>
>
> Bud Rolofson
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