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Good thing I stop at 9....
I believe Allyn's explanation is correct.
-Raffi
At 06:29 PM 3/29/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>I, uh, think it's to prevent static build-up when you put the tenth or
>eleventh coat of wax on the hood.....This is only applicable to about
>three Scirocco owners on this list. None of whom is me.....or Shawn.
>
>Larry
>sandiego16v
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:treed2@u.washington.edu>T. Reed
>>To: <mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org>scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 5:44 PM
>>Subject: Ground strap .. to the hood??
>>
>>So I've been wondering about this for a while.. my 87 16v has a factory
>>ground strap from the body to the hood. What could this be for?? I don't
>>have anything electrical on my hood.
>>
>>The only two possible explanations I could come up with are:
>>1) the ground strap is for the heated washer nozzles that were available
>> in the cold weather package and they screwed up at the factory and
>> installed them on all cars not just the cold weather ones. I find this
>> unlikely because why wouldn't they just run an extra wire to the
>> heater?
>>
>>2) it's there to protect you somehow in case a downed power line lands on
>> your hood. that seems pointless because the hood is bolted to the body
>> anyway, and if there's a layer of insulative paint on the hood anyway,
>> I don't think a layer of paint on the bolts/brackets between the hood
>> and body is going to prevent that kind of juice from getting through.
>>
>>or
>>
>>3) it has something to do with preventing static electricity buildup from
>> cosmic pixie dust rubbing on the car at 120 mph, which could cause an
>> arc and start a fire inside the engine compartment.
>>
>>Anybody know what the real story is?
>>
>>-Toby
>>
>>
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Good thing I stop at 9....<br>
I believe Allyn's explanation is correct.<br><br>
-Raffi<br><br>
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At 06:29 PM 3/29/2003 -0800, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>I, uh,
think it's to prevent static build-up when you put the tenth or eleventh
coat of wax on the hood.....This is only applicable to about three
Scirocco owners on this list. None of whom is me.....or
Shawn.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Larry</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>sandiego16v</font><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>----- Original Message ----- <br>
<b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:treed2@u.washington.edu";>T. Reed</a> <br>
<b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org";>scirocco-l@scirocco.org</a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 29, 2003 5:44 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Ground strap .. to the hood??<br><br>
So I've been wondering about this for a while.. my 87 16v has a factory<br>
ground strap from the body to the hood. What could this be for?? I don't<br>
have anything electrical on my hood.<br><br>
The only two possible explanations I could come up with are:<br>
1) the ground strap is for the heated washer nozzles that were available<br>
in the cold weather package and they screwed up at the factory and<br>
installed them on all cars not just the cold weather ones. I find this<br>
unlikely because why wouldn't they just run an extra wire to the<br>
heater?<br><br>
2) it's there to protect you somehow in case a downed power line lands on<br>
your hood. that seems pointless because the hood is bolted to the body<br>
anyway, and if there's a layer of insulative paint on the hood anyway,<br>
I don't think a layer of paint on the bolts/brackets between the hood<br>
and body is going to prevent that kind of juice from getting through.<br><br>
or<br><br>
3) it has something to do with preventing static electricity buildup from<br>
cosmic pixie dust rubbing on the car at 120 mph, which could cause an<br>
arc and start a fire inside the engine compartment.<br><br>
Anybody know what the real story is?<br><br>
-Toby<br><br>
<br>
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