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Re: Need a tip on a termination.

To: Tim Hickey <tjhickey@gatecity.com>
Subject: Re: Need a tip on a termination.
From: Jim Davis <jh_davis@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 00:12:31 -0400
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <3.0.1.32.19991006225053.006f5224@pop.gatecity.com>
Tim,
        If I understand your question, both black wires are ground wires. The
loop end attaches under the oil plug on the steering rack and the wire
with the female spade terminal fits on a male tab welded on the lip of
the front apron below the grill opening.
Hope this helps,
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U    

Tim Hickey wrote:
> 
> I am re-assembling my '73 TR6. This is one of those deals where I didn't
> take the car apart, and the guy who did, died. Not from the work, mind you,
> from a shotgun. But that's a long story.
> 
> I have a terminal that branches out from the wire harness under the hood
> near the left brace that runs from the wheel house to the radiator support.
> There are two black wires that appear from the wrapped harness, that go to
> a closed ring terminal. The wires are about 6 to 8 inches long. The "radius
> of attachment" could lead to the radiator support bracket, the alternator
> attachment bolt, perhaps to the body itself, or maybe somewhere else. I am
> 99% sure that it is a ground, but I don't know where it should be fastened.
> 
> Tips welcomed.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Tim Hickey

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