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Chasis Ground

Old Feb 26, 2015 | 07:21 PM
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Chasis Ground

I believe I have a bad ground that's wreaking havoc on my electrical system. My battery to block ground is solid and clean. I've been reading that there should also be a ground to the chasis however I haven't found one so my question is where to put it. Should I piggyback it off of the block ground and then run it to the chasis? Please help. I've found tons of posts on grounds but I seem to be behind the curve because the posts are all referring to a chasis ground but no explanation of how to run one.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 07:30 PM
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Re: Chasis Ground

You should have a Braded ground wire on the Right Side of the engine grounded to the Firewall.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 07:35 PM
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 07:41 PM
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Re: Chasis Ground

Thank you very much for your response. I found the cable it's there and clean. Was hoping that would be a fix. I did however find a ring terminal with two drk blue maybe blk wires coming out that is just hanging. I'll see if I can get this pic upload to work.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 07:42 PM
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Location of the ring terminal comes out of a thick harness right behind the distributor cap. http://imgur.com/0DDtlN8 sorry I know this is off topic now just at a complete loss.

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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 11:18 AM
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Re: Chasis Ground

Should also have a ground wire leading from the battery cable connection to the body, The factory wire should lead away from the battery terminal connection and gets screwed to the body/frame near the battery.

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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 11:21 AM
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Re: Chasis Ground

Definitely missing that one. I'll have to add that today. Thank you.
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