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Message started by Horn Man on 09/13/15 at 18:11:49

Title: Battery Ground
Post by Horn Man on 09/13/15 at 18:11:49

Help please,
In removing the battery from my 2006 S40, the ground wire came out with the battery and with just the last inch of the wire bare. So I'm not sure where to attach the ground wire to. Will any part of the metal frame work? I haven't been able to locate where it was attached too. The ground wire does not look original, but looks like twin 14 gage lamp cord twisted together.

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by youzguyz on 09/14/15 at 04:39:24

Attached, hopefully, is a picture of the mount point.

You can see 3 bolts in a triangle.
The allen head bolt on the left attaches the motor mount to the frame.
The top center is the original mount point for the ground wire. You can see the terminal lug and wire. It is attached to the engine case.
The shiny one on the right is a clutch cover bolt.

You can also attach the ground wire from the battery to ANY point on the frame or engine that provides an EXCELLENT connection.

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/14/15 at 10:01:20

I hafta wonder just how hard was pulling that battery....

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by BSTON on 09/14/15 at 12:46:46

If it wasn't the stock wire then there's a good chance that it wasn't connected well.

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/14/15 at 12:54:34

The most current flow it gets is when the starter is working. The starter gets power from the solenoid, and grounds to the case. Ground carries every amp passing through the starter. A crummy ground is as bad as a crummy hot lead connection.

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by Horn Man on 09/14/15 at 17:46:42

Thanks Youzguyz for the photo. It certainly helped. On my 2006 the ground wire comes up on the left side and ends with a nut and bolt where the wire to the battery was just rapped around the bolt. That's where the rusty bare wire came off. There's also a thin maybe 20 gauge wire that looks stock, going off to another location. I'll put new wire and connectors on a new battery in the morning and take it out for a spin. Thanks to all who responded.

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/14/15 at 18:39:33

what gauge wire are you gonna use?

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by Horn Man on 09/15/15 at 05:51:03

I'll be using 10 gauge wire I have in my box from amateur radio equipment.

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/15/15 at 06:58:39

If it's as heavy as the positive side, it'll do..
What kinda radio you into? I used to have, twenty five years ago, a CB in the house, sixty feet to antenna tip..I have a Halicrafters shortwave, but, never did the ham leap. You sound , based on the post, having ten gauge laying around, sounds like ham,,

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by Horn Man on 09/15/15 at 13:13:16

I was a shortwave listener back in the 80's. Radio New Zealand was my favorite. Then in the 90's, I was going to buy a scanner, when a friend said I could buy a scanner with a 2 meter transceiver in one hand held unit. So I went for it. Got licensed, the rest is history. Today I mainly operate on HF and talk with other hams living throughout the Caribbean daily on nets. My favorite is the Friendly 7.188 net, on LSB on daily from 10 to 12 UTC (6 to 8 AST). Your welcome to listen in on you classic Hallicrafter rig. 73, from KP2Z

Title: Re: Battery Ground
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/15/15 at 18:03:18

Thanks for the info and invite,but,I'm CST, and that's just a little early for me. I'm rarely doing anything that early, but, I will make a note of it and put it up by the radio.