I installed a 1 Gauge(overkill, I know, but I figure more is better, lol)
wire on mine from the negative post to one of the tranny bolts. Also
replaced the starter wire with a 1 gauge wire, and used the old starter wire
for the chassis ground. Starts like a charm now.
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Had a lot of starting problems on my old GLI, running a good 2 gauge ground
fixed all of them. Just ran the wire to where the old ground wire attached
(after removing old wire, of course..). A friend of mine taught me a good
trick to check for bad ground wire. I may have posted this before- set your
multimeter to read DC volts, and put a lead to your negative battery
terminal, and a lead to a good solid metal ground on your engine (i.e.
manifold, chassis, etc). Have someone crank the car. The amount of current
that the multimeter reads is the amount of current that "can't" go through
the ground strap. In other words, since the current if unable to go through
the path of least resistance (i.e. the strap), it goes through the
multimeter. On my old car, I was measuring 2 volts (!) through the meter,
meaning that the starter was only getting about 10-12 volts (of an ideal
12-14v). After doing the new strap, I got about 1/10 of a volt through, and
the starter cranked like it was brand new again!
Andrew
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