Whats this ??? and Battery Ground

88GTMustang

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Ok i was looking at my stang tonite and where the battery cable is grounded is in front of the oil filter on something. Is that where everybody elses is?? And that something is what i want to know what it is. K ill try to describe it

Like i said its in front of the oil filter area when looking from front of car and there is like a inch by 2 inch hole and has on each side a place for a bolt to go into like something that should be on the car but is not. any thoughts will be great. Thanks

 

mike keirstead

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Pics would be great. That would help.

 

Black 93 Fox

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Mines grounded there. If i remeber right its also part of the timing cover bolts.

 

88GTMustang

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I wish i had a pic, but no camera

hmm... well if yours is grounded there probably everybody elses is maybe some one else would know???

 

Mavrick

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I grounded mine to the frame rail. Works great.

 

65ShelbyClone

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Mine was grounded on the side of the timing cover next to the oil pressure sender. Too bad some shmuck crossthreaded it and the boss broke when I pulled it off to swap engines. I just put it under a bolt by the A/C compressor.

 

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by chance is your oil pressure sender as 65shelby was talking about what is missing on your car? the factory ground is on the timing chain cover also.

 

88GTMustang

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goldbomb79 said:

by chance is your oil pressure sender as 65shelby was talking about what is missing on your car? the factory ground is on the timing chain cover also.

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If it is is it ok to have it off??? and is that just the the to show you in the gages your oil pressure?

 

Mavrick

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Here is a pic, with no powersteering pump. That dirty thing in the bottom right of the pic, that looks to have some red/orange underneath, is the oil pressure sending unit, right?

Does your car have that sending unit attatched to the end of bar, or is this what you are referring to?

 

88GTMustang

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Damn mavrick thats a good pic. I wish i had one of those damn cameras that can plug into the computer, but anyways yes thats the area i am refering too. well im goin to go to my dads house to look at the car i could of sowrn it was a lil different but i might be wrong. I will post something on a lil later with more info. But thanx for the help so far. peace

 

Mavrick

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Digicams are pretty cheap nowadays, you can get a crappy one for less than $150, or a half decent one (like mine, 2.0mp) for around $100 or so, used.

 

stang&2Birds

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The battery should ground *directly to the block*. Then, you should have a ground strap from the engine/tranny mount area to the body.

BTW: You can get a VGA Pen cam at Wal-mart for ~$30. Get the one with VGA (640x?480?) resol (it interpolates (sp?) to ~1Kx1K). Here are pics that I took with my Pen Cam. Good for working on car when you don;t want to risk ruining an $$$ dig-cam.

 

88GTMustang

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Mavrick said:

Digicams are pretty cheap nowadays, you can get a crappy one for less than $150, or a half decent one (like mine, 2.0mp) for around $100 or so, used.

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yes that would be nice but i need every penny i got, (food, insurance, rent, school, gas, phone bill,) kinda sucks....maybe when i get my taxes back though.. but anyway yeah its like right were yours is grounded but there is a rectangle hole in the motor with 2 bolt holes on the sides about 1 inch by 2 inches. stuck my fingers in there but it doesnt go to nothing just like a lil square hole....hmmmmm......

 

88GTMustang

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stang&2Birds said:

The battery should ground *directly to the block*. Then, you should have a ground strap from the engine/tranny mount area to the body.

BTW: You can get a VGA Pen cam at Wal-mart for ~$30. Get the one with VGA (640x?480?) resol (it interpolates (sp?) to ~1Kx1K). Here are pics that I took with my Pen Cam. Good for working on car when you don;t want to risk ruining an $$$ dig-cam.

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the pics of your car in the info that says car pics??

 

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I got two wires on my ground cable. where does the small (12gauge lookin' wire) go to?

 

88GTMustang

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HA! Finally got pic

Finally got a pic to what i am wondering what goes there?!?!?!

Ah man its like 10 kb too big anyone know how to make it a little smaller?

 

88GTMustang

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HHA! Finally got it!

Ok here is the pic now what goes there ???

 

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88GTMustang

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WTF!!!! Can anyone else see the pic, cause in my screen i cant see nothin!I thought i uploaded it correctly. Ah man this is Ticking me OFF!!

 

88GTMustang

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anyone???

 

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I also want to know where the little 12 gauge type wire goes and what it is for. My new battery wire has 2 little wire connections. The best place for a ground is the engine block or frame correct? Where is a good place to ground it, cus i don't like the stock location.