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Date:         Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:43:06 -0500
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Ground Stars
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4FF21E91.4010800@turbovans.com>
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This is an 88GL and all the wiring adds were done by the PO. Recently had an arc-n-spark under there and I want to deal with it while I have the dash out.

Regards,

John

On 7/2/2012 5:20 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > I'm not interested in those ground stars so much since I don't want > push-on spade ground connections at all. > I want screw and eye terminal ground connections. > Obviously one can not do more than about 3 wires on one screw very > elegantly ..( put a star type lock washer between eye terminal and body > of the van ) . > I'd probably make a bus bar ground thing ....a well grounded bar with > holes drilled into it, ground wires to that, if I had to have 'that > many' ground wires in one place. > I would at least move the headlight ground wires there to closer to > the headlights. That helps anyway. > > if I had too many wires on the back of the early style fuse box, which I > think you are talking about, > I'd make another remotely mounted fuse box of a generic type for 'all > that stuff' you must have added onto your stock fuse box. And with more > modern spade type fuses too of course. The ceramic thing with metal > strip type fuses are weak and archaic. > > > On 7/2/2012 2:34 PM, JRodgers wrote: >> I need to add another ground star. A while back I had some arc-n-spark >> under the dash and after having a look, saw the ground stars are wired >> up like a Christmas tree. Almost every point had multiple ground wires >> attached. That has got to change. So - anyone have a spare laying >> around? Or in these more modern times, is there a better way to deal >> with this grounding problem - too many ground wires for the star. >> >> Also - There are way to many power connections on the bus bar on the >> fuse block. Got to deal with that too. Recommendations? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> > >


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