Battery Ground
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Battery Ground
Does anyone use an alternative spot to ground the battery other than the alternator bracket . Just wondering if there is a better grounding location.
ps: mil1ion I don't know if you saw it in my other thread but I got my truck running again.
Turns out it was the Ignition Module that was fried after all , thanks for all the advice.
ps: mil1ion I don't know if you saw it in my other thread but I got my truck running again.
Turns out it was the Ignition Module that was fried after all , thanks for all the advice.
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From: Emlenton, PA
My ground (77-F-150) goes to an intake bolt. No problems, it starts 2 seconds before you turn the key
Dooh! and starts suckin' gas when it hears the keys jingle
Dooh! and starts suckin' gas when it hears the keys jingle
Last edited by IronWorker3; Feb 10, 2005 at 11:30 PM.
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Anytime I replace a cable on one of my family's vehicles I look for a good spot on the engine block, but leaving them where they came attached from the factory should be fine. It just usually means more contact points for the current to have to pass through, which can become corroded, rusted, etc. over time and reduce current flow. If bolted directly to the block, theres just one to worry about.
On a side note, when the starter failed on my dad's old '85 Chev C-10 truck we changed it ourselves but we didn't know you need to use shims (first starter we had ever changed). Anyway that one didn't last long and we went to a mechanic that has been in business for many, many years. He looked under the truck for a minute then checked where the neg. cable was bolted (I had moved it to the engine block). He then says yeah that's what caused it to fail, bolting the cable to the block allows to much voltage to the starter and burns it up, it needs to go through something else to reduce the voltage.
I'm standing there thinking, you don't know too much about a car's electrical system do ya? Went to another mechanic who told us about the shims, had him do the replacement this time and it had no more problems. 
On a side note, when the starter failed on my dad's old '85 Chev C-10 truck we changed it ourselves but we didn't know you need to use shims (first starter we had ever changed). Anyway that one didn't last long and we went to a mechanic that has been in business for many, many years. He looked under the truck for a minute then checked where the neg. cable was bolted (I had moved it to the engine block). He then says yeah that's what caused it to fail, bolting the cable to the block allows to much voltage to the starter and burns it up, it needs to go through something else to reduce the voltage.
I'm standing there thinking, you don't know too much about a car's electrical system do ya? Went to another mechanic who told us about the shims, had him do the replacement this time and it had no more problems.
