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Subject:Re: Missing engine ground strap
From:Scott
Date:Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:25:52 -0400

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If you don't have Air Conditioning - it's very easy to see where that ground strap goes.<BR>
near the waterpump, on the left head - you'll see two small bolts - 10 mm hex heads.<BR>
&nbsp;- under the intake manifold a bit.<BR>
the ground strap goes to either of those.<BR>
the other end goes to one of the same size screws under the coil , on the left firewall.<BR>
And very flexible medium size grounding braided wire or cable will work just fine.<BR>
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you could even use smallish battery cable - but since the engine moves a lot, you want it really flexible - so braided is bettter.<BR>
or ......even several heavy wires.<BR>
scott<BR>
www.turbovans.com <BR>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">On Fri Jul  4  3:56 , "James G. Reed Jones" <jjones04@uoguelph.ca> sent:<BR>
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</jjones04@uoguelph.ca></span><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(245, 245, 245); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px;">Hey all,<BR>

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So I was poking through my engine (87 GL auto) and I think I may be missing the strap that is supposed to go from the Head to the Firewall. There is a bit of rusted braid left on the bolt on the firewall but nothing else.<BR>

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Could someone point me in the right direction to find where it should have connected - or point me toward a picture of what it should look like.<BR>

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Thanks,<BR>

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James<BR>

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