At 02:50 PM 7/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Alan, Theo, Ed and others: Thank you for getting back to me right away. Times
>like this is when I really appreciate the list. The battery is only a few
>months old. I haven't checked the ground strap yet and I haven't found two
>screw drivers that I can cross at the silinoid yet. The headlights do appear
>to be dim, though it is hard to tell in the daylight, but only the passenger
>side headlight is working and the fuel pump still sounds strange. The battery
>charger still shows a full charge except when I turn the ignition switch.
>When I flip on the headlights the charger goes nuts. I think ya'll are right.
>It's acting like a ground problem. I'll keep poking around and let ya'll
>know. Man is it hot out there today!
>
>Ray
>B9473174
Favorite Trick # 36..... Remove the ground bolt in the trunk wall and clean
(Really Clean) to bare metal on both sides. Reinstall a 3/8 bolt and a new
matching nut. Braze or weld the nut to the back wall of the trunk
(underneath the car) using care not to over due and capture the bolt.
Remove the bolt and reclean the metal. Retap the nut as necessary. Cover
a 1 inch diameter surounding the bolt hole in the trunk with masking tape.
Prime ,paint, and undercoat the remaining bare metal. Remove the masking
,reinstall the battery cable with a clean bolt, star shake washer and flat
washer and tighten. You'll never loose that connection again.
Tom Hall
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