It was the striker on my 66, and yes, it is a lousy place to ground it.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 12/5/05 12:48 PM, Rich C at richchrysler@quickclic.net wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm restoring a '66 MGB roadster. In the new harness there is a collective
> group of black (ground or earth) wires coming into a 1/4" i.d. eye terminal
> that seems to want to locate approx. in the middle of the rear of the boot
> area, just under the latch. The length coming out of the woven harness is
> about 11". There doesn't seem to be any obvious place for this eye terminal to
> be located. The shanks of the fuel tank bolts in the boot floor are larger
> diameter. The only 1/4" bolts I can see in the area hold down the boot lid
> latch striker but this would leave the earth wires sitting up quite exposed to
> snags, etc.
> Clausager's book doesn't quite show it either.
> Can somebody check and tell me where this earth connection is supposed to be?
> Thanks
> Rich Chrysler
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