The original engine ground was an uninsulated ground strap on the motor
mount. The battery is indeed grounded to the body on the firewall. Even
grounding at that point, make sure you have a good clean tight connection.
I had problems after painting the car and had free the bolt area clean of
paint etc., to make a good ground.
Pete
'56 TR-3
'66 MGB
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Geo Hahn
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 9:08 PM
To: TR
Subject: TR3 Ground Strap Location?
By a vote of 3 to zip, it appears my electrical gremlin may be
attributed to a poor battery to ground connection. This may be due to
the ground on my car incorrectly running from the battery to the block,
bolted on in a somewhat oily location..
I can see in Piggott's book the correct ground wire location from
battery to body, but can someone tell me what the original body to
engine ground connections would have been?
ISTR that some cars are fussy about where and how many ground
connections there are to the block (to avoid something called a "ground
loop"?) so if possible I'd like to go with the original set-up. TIA
Geo Hahn
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