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negative battery cable question



It attaches at the top of the motor mount. You know, where I forgot to 
attach the cable to after I put the trans axle back in?



Julie Macfarlane
"Its not just a car! Its an adventure!"
DSM4 entry: "Masochism: See Scirocco"
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
1985 MKII 1.8L 8v w 9A Wolfsburg
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>From: Phil Boeye <rocco_phil@yahoo.com>
>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: negative battery cable question
>Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:40:38 -0800 (PST)
>
>OK, so I removed my old negative ground cable today.
>It attaches to the frame underneath the airbox.
>However, there is a second attachment point at the
>very end of the cable (the midpoint has a secondary
>attachment that meets the frame under the airbox).
>
>Anyhow, this end attachment - the end of the cable -
>was not attached to anything.  Which might explain -
>possibly - my somewhat lameass voltage meter readings.
>  Not counting on it.
>
>Get to the question, Phil!
>
> >>> WHERE does this end attachment hook up to? <<<
>
>I believe it attaches somewhere on the tranny, but the
>eyelet at the end of the cable is smaller than either
>of the through-bolts for the tranny mount.  So that
>kind of rules that out.  I saw no other points on the
>tranny that seemed appropriate.
>
>-RP
>'87 stock 8v beater = "The Faithful One"
>'84.5 2L 8v + 2H = "Baby Fatass"
>
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