Help! Case ground location?

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Jivermo
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Help! Case ground location?

Post by Jivermo » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:03 am

Hey, all. I can't recall where the three contact ground mounts to the top of the case. I believe it goes on the case bolt I have it next to in the pic. Help, please, it's slowing things down today.


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Re: Help! Case ground location?

Post by lilpig88 » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:52 am

The ground prongs go on the (in your photo) upper bolt on the left (nut) side just above your punch. The center bolt gets the thermo time switch on the left.
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Post by Jivermo » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:23 am

Terrific! Thanks!

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Post by ruckman101 » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:59 pm

Wow, never seen one of them before, at least not on any of my engines.

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Re: Help! Case ground location?

Post by THall » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:38 am

Here's what mine looks like when I was assembling:
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Post by dingo » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:15 am

I never understood why important ground wires are routed to an inaccessible location which will be oil-soaked and heat-soaked, hastening their corrosive demise.Every time i pull apart atype 4 those wires, which FI functioning relies upon are a mess of cracked rusted crud barely hanging on.
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Post by Jivermo » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:55 am

Dingo, you are right on the money with your observation. Here is a pic I found on the web, of a moderately clean engine top. Plenty of crud.

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Re: Help! Case ground location?

Post by SlowLane » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:44 pm

For as long as I've owned my van, the 3-prong grounding lug has been mounted to the top-most case hole behind the flywheel flange (the one missing a bolt on the left side of THall's photo). Have not had any problems routing the engine harness grounds to there with either harness that I've used.
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