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smoking alternator ground

That ground should not be necessary, unless the ground from tranny to chassis is missing, in which case the starting current and
alternator charging current could easily overload it, if it is of insufficient gauge?

Al 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Hawes [mailto:gr8hunter1@comcast.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 6:59 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: smoking alternator ground
> 
> I thought that the car is ready to be driven. I went to start 
> it today after it sitting for a while and the ground wire 
> from the alternator to the neg battery post started smoking. 
> Ideas? The wire looks like a PO jury rig as it is routed in 
> front of the radiator and around to the battery cable.
> 
> Also, I seem to have a leak at the rear hatch... I'll check 
> the archives for that one since I know it has been brought up before.
> 
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