This is an 88GL and all the wiring adds were done by the PO. Recently
had an arc-n-spark under there and I want to deal with it while I have
the dash out.

Regards,

John

On 7/2/2012 5:20 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> I'm not interested in those ground stars so much since I don't want
> push-on spade ground connections at all.
> I want screw and eye terminal ground connections.
> Obviously one can not do more than about 3 wires on one screw very
> elegantly ..( put a star type lock washer between eye terminal and body
> of the van ) .
> I'd probably make a bus bar ground thing ....a well grounded bar with
> holes drilled into it, ground wires to that, if I had to have 'that
> many' ground wires in one place.
>    I would at least move the headlight ground wires there to closer to
> the headlights. That helps anyway.
>
> if I had too many wires on the back of the early style fuse box, which I
> think you are talking about,
> I'd make another remotely mounted fuse box of  a generic type for 'all
> that stuff' you must have added onto your stock fuse box.  And with more
> modern spade type  fuses too of course.  The ceramic thing with metal
> strip type fuses are weak and archaic.
>
>
> On 7/2/2012 2:34 PM, JRodgers wrote:
>> I need to add another ground star. A while back I had some arc-n-spark
>> under the dash and after having a look, saw the ground stars are wired
>> up like a Christmas tree. Almost every point had multiple ground wires
>> attached. That has got to change. So - anyone have a spare laying
>> around? Or in these more modern times, is there a better way to deal
>> with this grounding problem - too many ground wires for the star.
>>
>> Also - There are way to many power connections on the bus bar on the
>> fuse block. Got to deal with that too. Recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
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