Re: Attn electrical gurus, ground strap issues

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

"Blake P. Pelzer" wrote:
> 
> Alright so I'm working on all the electrical business and I've hit a
> couple of problems. There are a bolts on the back of the alternator where
> it looks appropriate to attach the new ground strap, but these don't have
> nuts on them. Should I just buy one? 

Yes, Great place for a ground strap.

> Anybody know the size? Next, where do
> the ground wires go exactly onto the body and transmission? I didn't see
> precisely in Bentley and I'm losing the wires in the enigine bay. 

A valve cover stud/nut is a decent location, the shock tower nut and or
the bolt waaay on the back of the firewall that holds the coil bracket
to the bulkhead.

> Finally,
> I did all the fuses, should I also pull the relays and spray them
> too? This is an 88 16v by the way. Even the little bit that I've done
> seems to make a difference.
> 
> TIA
> Blake
> 
> --

Sure, get the relays too, cant hoit!

TBerk

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