There should be one on the front mount of the tranny to the frame crossmember. Basically bridges the ribber section to make a good circuit to the starter. (and alternator.) One other critical ground I've found on the air cooled vanagon is that of the double relay where it mounts on the firewall. Al Brase Roger Van Till wrote: > Jake, I braved the freezing rain for this one. Poked around on top and > under my 81 and didn't see a ground strap any where. > > Roger > > On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:54 AM, jake beaulieu wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am going through my 82 AC Westy and replacing the terminals on all >> the >> ground wires (well, at least the grounds in the FI systems). While >> searching the archives I found several references to a ground wire >> that runs >> from the drivers side head to the chassis somewhere near the coil. I >> do not >> have this ground wire on my van and I am wondering if the PO >> eliminated it, >> or if it was never installed on the air cooled vanagons. Anyone know? >> >> Thanks, >> Jake >> 82 AC Westy >> > |
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