Hi jake,

My air-cooled does not have this ground either, thought the PO
changed out the engine and may have eliminated it. When in doubt, I
would put one on; it will not hurt anything. Just make sure there is
some slack in the wire as the engine moves around a bit.   ...JMM

Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"

On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:54 AM, jake beaulieu wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am going through my 82 AC Westy and replacing the terminals on
> all the
> ground wires (well, at least the grounds in the FI systems).  While
> searching the archives I found several references to a ground wire
> that runs
> from the drivers side head to the chassis somewhere near the coil.
> I do not
> have this ground wire on my van and I am wondering if the PO
> eliminated it,
> or if it was never installed on the air cooled vanagons.  Anyone know?
>
> Thanks,
> Jake
> 82 AC Westy
>