It may have been overkill, but I ran the ground (a #2) from the battery to one of the starter motor mounting bolts. Then I ran a #4 from there to the body ground point under the air filter. Then another from the battery to the alternator housing. And then there's the strap from the body, near the coil, to the intake manifold support bracket on the back of the engine. Worked for me.............. Bill Scarince "S.Coleman" <deadbolt@mindspring.com> on 02/13/2000 02:35:47 AM To: "scirocco group" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org> cc: (bcc: Bill Scarince/US/TA.NA) Subject: ground connections on 88 16v rocco As some have noticed,...I'm re-installing my 1.8 16v back into my rocco after the motor and tranny were rebuilt. The motor is in and I am now going through the wiring. Here is the question,....the groud strap that comes off the battery (-) goes to the tranny, (I think?) and then continues on to the engine?. Anyhow,...that wire is pretty bad off so I went down and bought some new 4 guage wire and terminals. So before I bolt this thing up....is there a "better" ground connection than what VW had set up? Because I always had 'ground problems on my 16v's so I always ran multiple ground wires which really "cured" a lot of my problems. But this is a "new" engine and I want the wiring to be correct before I start buttoning up all the fuel system and whatnot.....anyone? chris
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As some have noticed,...I'm re-installing my 1.8
16v back into my rocco after the motor and tranny were rebuilt. The motor
is in and I am now going through the wiring. Here is the question,....the
groud strap that comes off the battery (-) goes to the tranny, (I think?) and
then continues on to the engine?. Anyhow,...that wire is pretty bad off so
I went down and bought some new 4 guage wire and terminals. So before I
bolt this thing up....is there a "better" ground connection than what
VW had set up? Because I always had 'ground problems on my 16v's so I
always ran multiple ground wires which really "cured" a lot of my
problems. But this is a "new" engine and I want the wiring to be
correct before I start buttoning up all the fuel system and
whatnot.....anyone?
chris
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