Alternator wiring question

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I am not sure of the actual intent but it is a very critical ground and
sometimes over looked or left to breakage. I usually run one from the
battery neagative to the back of the manifold where that one normally
connects in addition to it. I believe it provides grounding for the
distributor and spark plug wires.

On 11/8/05, Gordon Forbess <gforbess@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:50:13 -0500, "C Boyko"
> <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
> >BUT, what is the purpose of that strap from the coil bracket to the
> engine?
> >The coil has its own wires on the negative side, so what does the braided
> >strap actually do? Just another chassis ground from the engine?
>
> I read (somewhere) that some later cars came with an auxiliary ground
> wire (not a braided strap) routed that way and I am a believer in
> providing parallel current paths. Also, I had the wire and terminals
> left from adding the alternator.
>
> Gordon
> 75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
> http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm
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