soldering 4 ga copper wire?

[gatesj at twcny.rr.com (John K. Gates)]

> > Also I'm looking for a good ground point. My lower starter bolt has
> > proven to be a crappy one at best. I'd like to nab one of those A2
> > engine-to-tranny bolts that has the small stud protruding from the
> > bolt head designed specifically for this purpose, but the junkyards
> > around here are worth their weight in honduhs so I haven't had luck
> > finding one.

> Plenty abound. You'll want to evaluate the benefits of a large bolt vs
> it's primary purpous as a fastener- If this nice big grounding point
> needs to have some important holding responsabilities you may not want
> to add a (slippery) copper conductive ring into the mix.

> Look for places that are currently unused and add a fastener to hold the
> ground cable in place. And/or low tourque locations.

This is a little late, but what I did on my Scirocco was take one of the
bolts out of the top of the bellhousing, shine up the head on the wire
brush side of the bench grinder, find a small, short bolt (6mm shank,
maybe?, and weld them head-to head so the shank of the small bolt formed a
stud at the top of the bellhousing bolt, just like the A2, A3, etc bolt
that the big ground goes to.  A couple of quick touches with the MIG and
you're in good shape.  It made a huge difference with the starter
cranking speed.  You can crank that bellhousing bolt down to proper torque
and just screw a terminal and nut onto the stud on top.

John K. Gates
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'85 Scirocco
'97 Jetta GLX