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Re: nice day for a push

Subject: Re: nice day for a push
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 05:57:42 -0600
Cc: Kevin Valentine <valntine@ptd.net>, Patricia Sauthoff <trishasauthoff@yahoo.com>, spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <20030325025939.50552.qmail@web41407.mail.yahoo.com> <3E7FEC7B.5070800@ptd.net> FILETIME=[B7E236D0:01C2F2C5]
I wonder if the braided wire ground strap from the tranny to the frame could 
have broken. I have seen many of them in very poor shape.

Kevin Valentine wrote:

> Patricia Sauthoff wrote:
>
> >as for no ground, remember that i drove this car just fine for a week after 
>working on it, and i can't imagine how ground could just go away.
> >
> >
> Patricia,
>
> A bad ground will sneek up on you.  One day it will work fine and and
> the next day it will not.  It can come and go making it difficult to
> find.  It can be caused by corrosion, loose connections, broken wires or
> a combination of these.
>
> I chased a bad ground on my 74 for a couple of weeks last summer.  The
> solenoid would click but the starter would not turn on some days and on
> other days it worked just fine.  Many times it would start just fine in
> the morning and several times thru the day, but at least once a day it
> would refuse to start. I changed the solenoid and the starter, neither
> solved the problem.  It was the ground from the steering rack to the
> engine block.
>
> I'm not saying that this is the problem, but if you know the solenoid
> and the starter are both good then looking for a bad ground is a good
> (inexpensive) place to start.
>
> I hope you get it sorted out.
>
> Kevin V.

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