Max; The answer is no. The AFM housing is not electrically common to the ground circuit, hence the need to ground it. I believe this provides a discharge path for accumulated static charges produced by the moving air. Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 12:07:25 -0800 Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET> writes: >Installed my tantallum cap. on my AFM and was wondering; I believe it >was Karl that said to ground the AFM housing to the block or >alternator bracket but I found no easy way to attach a ground to the >metal part of the AFM. Is running wire from the #4 pin(ground ) to >the block or alt. bracket acceptable? > >Many thanks > >Dimwitted moose and Flying Squirrel ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] |
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