On my 87, the ground on the driver's side is on the top of the engine. Open your engine compartment and have a look, it should be obviious. -Mark McCulley At 09:39 AM 5/5/98 -0400, Mark Schrope wrote: >OK, I'm willing to accept the possibility that I'm a little bit slow, but >where is the ground on the driver side of the engine. Last night while the >oil filter was off I took the tin off the driver side to check the ground. >I couldn't find one anywhere. Could someone tell me specifically where it >is in relationship to something obvious like the fuel injectors or the oil >pressure sending unit? I suppose I would rather find that I'm a bit of an >idiot, than that my engine hasn't been grounded since it was put in by the >PO. > >The other goal of the night was to put in a new ground on the passenger >side. I was thinking of running it from one of the bolts on the tin >(between tin and engine) to one of the bolts that attaches the engine >support beam into the frame, just forward of the bumper mounts. Does this >sound like a good location? Anybody have other suggestions? Thanks as >always for the help. Pmail would be great as I'm on digest and need to do >this today. > >Mark Schrope >'89 Wolfsburg > > > >______________________________________________________________________________ > >Mark Schrope >Virginia Institute of Marine Science >PO Box 1346 >Route 1208, Greate Road >Gloucester Point, VA 23062 >(804)684-7220 [office] (804)684-7675 or 7007 [labs] >(804)684-7250 [fax] >______________________________________________________________________________ > |
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