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Tcoat · 08-30-2019, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Butterballz

Jeez rough morning? Obviously I’m not saying OCD in that manner but anyways. I don’t know how my car started. Maybe the hanging ground bracket was touching the chassis. Are you implying I was imagining the ground bracket wasn’t bolted?

Not a rough morning. My son has REAL OCD and it is a pet peeve of mine when so many people misuse the term.

The first question was just that, a question, and was not meant to imply anything. There is no way the car should start without the main ground hooked up.

Butterballz · 08-30-2019, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Not a rough morning. My son has REAL OCD and it is a pet peeve of mine when so many people misuse the term.

The first question was just that, a question, and was not meant to imply anything. There is no way the car should start without the main ground hooked up.

It's the wire in the second circle from the top. The bracket with the wire was hanging not bolted to the starter/transmission. Is it important?

Grady · 08-30-2019, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Butterballz

It's the wire in the second circle from the top. The bracket with the wire was hanging not bolted to the starter/transmission. Is it important?

Yes it is important.

I do not remember but my guess is the battery is bonded to the chassis and then to the engine. This means you had high current going from the cassis to the engine thru a lot of little wires/lines. Not a good thing but your car must have survived it.

Yes Tcoat is right if the battery ground was not hooked up nothing would happen!

alan.chalkley · 08-30-2019, 10:42 PM

Yes , the "talented technicians" and loose bolts.
My experience was loose tail shaft bolts after a new clutch install on a v8 commodore.The dealer said that the tail shaft was not touched and i had to buy new bolts and install them myself.
How does a clutch get replaced without removing the tail shaft?
The second was loose bolts on a torque converter when an auto transmission was replaced on my old ford, the mechanic admitted he stuffed up and fixed it for free.
Now if anyone works on my cars i double check for loose bolts myself.

curtdragon · 10-08-2019, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Butterballz

It's the wire in the second circle from the top. The bracket with the wire was hanging not bolted to the starter/transmission. Is it important?

Do you have this photo not on photobucket? They are being jerks with their pics lol... I think this was missed on my car too

Butterballz · 10-09-2019, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by curtdragon

Do you have this photo not on photobucket? They are being jerks with their pics lol... I think this was missed on my car too

It's the second red circle. It's on the passenger side bellhousing. It bolts on the bottom starter bolt. You can reach the wire from the engine bay. Just follow the one from the positive terminal down the area.

curtdragon · 10-09-2019, 08:11 PM

Sweet thanks!

Impureclient · 10-09-2019, 10:33 PM

What is with Photobucket blurring their pics... And for that matter why not just use Imgur since they don't block and now blur the pics hosted on there.
Nevermind, just looked it up. Now they blur so you have to go to their site which has ads. Still would use Imgur since they never have played games like that.

FRSToyota86 · 06-18-2025, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Butterballz

It's the second red circle. It's on the passenger side bellhousing. It bolts on the bottom starter bolt. You can reach the wire from the engine bay. Just follow the one from the positive terminal down the area.

I am so mad, i forgot about that ground myself and I need to redo it.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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alan.chalkley Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 4wd zooks Location: Sydney / Australia Posts: 495 Thanks: 135 Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yes , the "talented technicians" and loose bolts. My experience was loose tail shaft bolts after a new clutch install on a v8 commodore.The dealer said that the tail shaft was not touched and i had to buy new bolts and install them myself. How does a clutch get replaced without removing the tail shaft? The second was loose bolts on a torque converter when an auto transmission was replaced on my old ford, the mechanic admitted he stuffed up and fixed it for free. Now if anyone works on my cars i double check for loose bolts myself.

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