<VV> was: Vapor lock revisited now: engine ground

[David McMillan]

It is on my '64.

--- NicolCS at aol.com wrote:

>  
> As we all know, an EM ground strap has a battery
> terminal at one end, a  hole 
> about 3/4 down, and another hole at the end.  The
> mid-way hole goes to  the 
> body and the end hole goes to the generator -
> according to figure 8-68 on  page 
> 8-40 of the '61 manual.  If it's loose = no engine
> ground.  I  have seen 
> cases where the soldered/braided end was replaced by
> a crimped-on  lug.  It would 
> sure make more sense to me if this end were
> connected to the  cylinder head as 
> it is in lates. That would seem to be a better
> current  path.  I looked in 
> the '64 supplement to see if GM documented any
> changes  but I didn't see any. EM 
> experts: time to chime in!  Is the end of the 
> ground cable connected to the 
> generator in all earlies?
> Craig (curious) Nicol
>  
> <snip>
> > ... and the nicely grounded generator and engine 
> block are grounded to???- 
> > (drum roll): The battery, through the  previously
> loose ground strap.  No 
> > ground strap = no high current  path to the
> battery.
> >  C. Nicol
> >  
>
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> But  he said:
> 
> the grounding strap had been attached to the 
> generator  frame...and that turned out to be the
> culprit..the connecting 
> spade 
> was  
> loose and turned very easily from side to  side...
> ***********************************************
> 
> Connecting  spade??   that's a wire
> terminal....crimped......usually attached 
>  
> to the 1/4-20 screw on the generator body....
> 
> The Bat NEG  strap  on an early is soldered at the
> bolt holes...AFAIR
> <unsnip>
> 
> 
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