The reason for the grounding wire is that the unit actually does ground through
the housing. The original gaskets had a copper tab in each of them (there are
two) that would allow this grounding. Often they become corroded or left out
if the PO made his own replacement gasket. What I do when I make a new gasket
is take several strands of copper electrical wire about half an inch long, poke
a small hole in the thickest part of the gasket, put the wire through it, then
fold it over and tap it down with a hammer so it is pretty flat. Do this for
both gaskets. I have never had a problem. BTW, he was grounding the temp
sender base.
Greg Burrows
67 2000
-- "O'Farrell, Fergus" <Fergus.OFarrell@ngc.com> wrote:
The PO had installed a secondary grounding wire from the temp gauge
threaded plug (sorry, bad terminology) with a hose clamp. I haven't
re-attached it yet and can't remember how it went. Was he grounding the
brass temp sender base, or the temp sender wire connection (this would
make no sense) or the water neck?
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