Use the A3 ground cable and replace the upper trans bolt with the A3 ground bolt. The bolt screws into the block and has a threaded stub sticking out. Connect the A3 ground cable from battery to engine. Run a "starter" cable (both ends are flat connectors) from the engine bolt to a chassis ground. Looks good, works better than any A2 setup. Side benefit, the A3 battery connector has 4 connectors available for the auxiliary grounds.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew White" <[email protected]> To: <> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: [a2-16v-list] Re: 16V Starter Issue? (Loren L.) > > > > > > >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. > <snip> > > 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 > > > > > ........................................................................ > PGP public key available from: > http://keyserver.pgp.com/pks/lookup?op=get&exact=off&search=0x82D3E4A0 > > 26 + 6 = 1 > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
