Ground strap on mine connects the body to the engine block using one of the bolts above the starter that hold the bellhousing to the engine. Don't know if it's "original", but I've routed the battery negative cable from the battery box to the same body mounting point as the ground strap.
Do you have a generator or an alternator? If a generator, you should polorize the field coils before connecting the leads. Easy to do: 1. Connect the battery ground cable to the battery (and the chasis end to the bellhousing if not already done) 2. Connect a length of wire to the positive battery terminal that is long enough to reach the terminals on the back of the generator. 3. Touch the wire to each lead on the back of the generator in turn. Should see a small spark. If an alternator, skip steps 1-3 };> Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Mayer Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Grounding? I finally got my battery and spark plug wires and now i need to connect everything. Correct me if i am wrong but the negative terminal gets grounded to the Bell housing where it connects to the engine correct? OR is there a different place to gound it? I am new to this whole rebuilding thing. ALso...is it necessary to do anything with the generator and the battery before hooking wires to the generator? Thanks, Dave /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
