EVERYONE with a V6 please Read (Page 14/39)
Silicoan86 MAR 03, 01:11 AM
Bump this to the top.
My car had all of these symptoms when it had the motor in it. When it goes back in I will definately have to add a ground strap and see if there is a difference. + to ya $Rich$.
fieropaul MAR 05, 08:52 AM
Where do i send the $19.95...?
$Rich$ MAR 05, 11:28 AM
huh? $19.95
Silicoan86 MAR 05, 05:32 PM
I started working on my V6 the other day since its out of the car. It was the 1st time I really looked at the motor since it was out. Looked at the negative battery cable and it had NO ground strap! It looked like it was attached to the intake plenum at one time but had been cut. So when it goes back in I'm expecting it to make quite a difference.
stalen88GT MAY 03, 01:00 AM
I will be completing this mod tomorrow. Do any of you know if you get a shock from a car because it is not grounded properly?

Galen

stalen88GT MAY 03, 11:08 PM
As stated in the above post I did purchase the new ground cable and went to install it on LITTLE RED BOMB and discovered to my dismay the thick cable from the neg. side of the battery was just floating in the engine bay. At first I tried to find where it was connected by jacking the car up, because it (seemed) was attached to the front of the engine somewhere. Well I was looking from below and could see nothing so I decided to follow it with my hand from the top side and it moved a lot so I kept moving it and it came out with no problem, it was not attached to anything. So after removing the battery I reattached the neg. cable to the bracket $Rich$ mentioned on the first page with the picture. I also cleaned the small ground wire that attaches to the frame directly. Got out some sandpaper and cleaned everything up, but alas my volt gage still flickers with the turn signal and shows a significant drop whenever I turn on the a/c or heater full blast and my windows do not motor up or down any faster . On the brighter side of things I was able to tighten my alt. belt at the same time and all indicators thus far are that I will not have to listen to that horrendously excruciating dying bovinish squeal every time I start my car after it has been sitting for a while, especiall overnite.

Well I will see y'all in later post

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$Rich$ JUL 09, 11:23 PM
bump for the Noobies

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Gokart JUL 10, 07:52 AM
Did it last week! I had my battery out so I could repaint the tray and figured this would be a good time to do it. I mimicked the way Yellowstone did his.

I can't honestly brag of any huge differences but I figured it wouldn't hurt and she always runs weird for the first 250 miles after disconnecting the battery so maybe I'll notice the difference when she smooths out
WhiteFormula JUL 11, 01:41 PM
Ok, just ran outside to check the Formula's grounds.

I've been having trouble with the tachometer as long as I can remember (sits at or near zero, then at about 3k RPM it seems to work - I've replaced the tach filter, but no improvement). I also replaced the temp gauge sensor recently, and it's reading about 10F higher than it should be (see previous thread). My volt gauge flutters as do headlights. I'm suspecting the alternator's voltage regulator is shot, but naturally I'll try the cheap fixes first.

I just checked with my el cheapo ohmmeter for resistance between the negative battery terminal and frame, from battery to block (bolt that holds dogbone to block), and from frame to block. No measurable resistance. I can add the cable, as it's pretty braindead to do, but I'm not expecting anything given my meter's readings.

For those who have benefitted, did you check for resistance prior to doing the mod?

$Rich$ JUL 11, 02:52 PM
i never did, but the differance was obviously noticeable for sure
like night and day