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Relocated battery to trunk. I have the efi connector grounded to the location shown in the pic. Where does the other end go? I swore it was connected to the ground cable of the battery. The eyelet shown is the end with no home.
 

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one end connects to the Neg terminal of the battery. One eyelet near the circular connector grounds and the other end goes into the harness. Where escapes me at the moment I need to look at my car
 

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a ground with no home, a horse with no name.
anyway as i age i like to snap photos of i cant remember so i can put that back.

just have to remember to snap before i f up, getting old sucks.
 
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Mustang5L5 said:
one end connects to the Neg terminal of the battery. One eyelet near the circular connector grounds and the other end goes into the harness. Where escapes me at the moment I need to look at my car
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So,do I need to extend that wire all the way to the battery?
 

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Runs like this

 
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That appears to be a yes then. Funny,all the battery relocation stuff I've read/watched, this is never mentioned.
 

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Monkeybutt2000 said:
So,do I need to extend that wire all the way to the battery?
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I would, but then I wouldn't stack all them grounds at the same place, but I'm kinda weird.
and old
 

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too many grounds in one place makes strong coffee
 
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nickyb said:
too many grounds in one place makes strong coffee
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Are you implying that it's a good thing?
I like strong coffee but not stacked grounds, more so I think the computer ground should be by its own.
 

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That eyelet goes on the radiator support on most Fords
The round one is the processor ground, which if disconnected, the car will not start
You can put as many grounds in one place as you want?
The Asians sure do
 

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General karthief said:
Are you implying that it's a good thing?
I like strong coffee but not stacked grounds, more so I think the computer ground should be by its own.
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im talking coffee grounds, stacked would be pancakes.
im hungry for breakfast now.
meow.
 
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And here's where a writeup needs to be done. Like I said earlier,there's several different ways to do it. Apparently people have success with it their way. The grounds in one place does not concern me,why would it? I do work for an Asian car manufacturer I'll up date my "build" thread when the new starter shows up.
 

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FWIW, the entire 5 years I’ve owned my car the computer has been grounded to the body only. No issues for me.
 
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Cheapskate207 said:
FWIW, the entire 5 years I’ve owned my car the computer has been grounded to the body only. No issues for me.
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To be clear,you do not have the wire running to the battery?
 

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@Monkeybutt2000 , correct.
 
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