Jetta GLI ground cable

[sharpshooter33 at adelphia.net (David Brown)]

YES!
Successful weekend.  Got my grass cut. Returned my buddy's engine hoist. 
Assembled my MegaSquirt Stim and fixed the Jetta's start problems. Rewiring 
the grounds did it.  Fires up like a true champ now.  Looks like I'll be 
saving some gas money driving to work. Sure will beat the gas mileage on my 
Blazer!!!

Cheers
David
86 16v rocco turbo - awaiting MegaSquirt
86 16v rocco - waiting on face lift in front
84 8v rocc - organ donor
86 8v Jetta GLI - New daily driver 8-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <peter@thescirocco.com>
To: "'David Brown'" <sharpshooter33@adelphia.net>; "'scirocco scirocco'" 
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 1:29 AM
Subject: RE: Jetta GLI ground cable


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Brown [mailto:sharpshooter33@adelphia.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 1:12 AM
> To: scirocco scirocco
> Subject: SPAM-LOW: Jetta GLI ground cable
>
> Ok so I got my GLI running the last 2 days by push starting it.
>
> Runs ok for awhile, but then it starts to miss.  We narrowed it down to a
> faulty ground.  We think it's the main ground wire.  We attached a meter 
> and
> the battery has good Voltage, the alternator puts out good voltage, but 
> the
> battery when the car is running is not getting charge.
>
> We ground the battery with jumper cables to the block and BANG we get a 
> good
> charge coming back to the battery.
>
> My question is this:
> I look up the stock negative battery cable and it's 15"  The current one
> that I took off is about 22".  All the models that I looked up Scirocco 
> 8v,
> 16v and Jetta GL and GLI all say 15".
>
> This car was wrecked in the front at one time and the electrical wiring is
> FUBAR especially with the radiator relay and other items in the front 
> area.
> I'm wondering if it's grounded to the wrong place also?  The Bentley says
> ground to body, but it looks like it's on the back of the tranny.  Also it
> has a inline connector that wasn't connected to anything.  I'm tempted to
> get a B.A.cable and ground it to the tranny and body.
>
> Any input?
>
> Thanks
> David
>
>
> 15" sounds more like a positive cable, unless they're just connecting it 
> to
> the chassis, or it might reach directly to the top of the driver's side
> trans mount, but I doubt it duplicates the stock setup.
>
> I use a thick low gauge wire, and run it from the negative battery 
> terminal,
> to the top starter bolt, or to a trans to engine bolt/stud. Then I use a
> little thinner cable with ring terminals on each end, and connect it to 
> the
> chassis.
>
> Here's what that trans to engine bolt/stud looks like:
> http://thescirocco.com/images/forsaletransgroundbolts.jpg
>
>
> Peter
> http://thescirocco.com/
>
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>
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