Re: coil continuity

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Huh.... my car doesn't have this strap. Shouldn't the coil be grounded anyway,
through the bracket and the wires attached to it? Should I put a grounding
strap on?
    -Josiah

Zach Vrooman wrote:

> That strap goes on the eengine somewhere. I put mine on a valve cover bolt.
> Yes, it is necessary, at least on mine. When the strap fell(rusted?) off,
> my car wouldn't start. I got the coil and module, and was taking off the
> coil bracket, and noticed the strap. I said to my self, "hmmm. I wonder if
> this has something to do with it?" I hooked up and it started immediately.
> I was pissed off at myself for not noticing that damn strap. I had to drive
> my Toyota for an extra 4 days instead of selling it. Argh.
>
> zach
> 86 8v
>
> ----------
> > From: Alex Ting <alex@millenniumsolutions.net>
> > To: Farmracer@aol.com
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: coil continuity
> > Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 6:00 PM
> >
> > >
> > > Also, there is a ground strap bolted to the coil bracket. on my car the
> > other
> > > end was not bolted to anything- where does this go? surely this is
> > nescessary.
> > >
> >
> > i'm curious about this as well.  where does the other end go?
> > is this necessary?
> >
> > Alex Ting
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