Aloha everyone,
Thanks to all the good reference material here on this site I added the ground wires to my taillight sockets and now my brake lights work again. Unfortunately, they are still rather anemic, so the next logical thing to check is if there is too much voltage drop on the ground side of the circuit (i.e. bad chassis ground).
But I have a few questions before I dive into this....
1) Where should the negative cable from the battery attach to the engine? If it makes any difference, this is a 289 / auto trans vehicle.
2) I'm going to replace the ground strap that goes from the back of the passenger side cylinder head to the firewall just because it looks like it's been there since '68 and probably could use replacing. What do you recommend to use to clean up just a small circular area on the firewall for the strap to contact?
3) Do you spray the contact area of the strap with anything after it's installed to keep it from corroding?
4) Are there any other ground straps on a GT/CS?
Thanks in advance,
Thanks to all the good reference material here on this site I added the ground wires to my taillight sockets and now my brake lights work again. Unfortunately, they are still rather anemic, so the next logical thing to check is if there is too much voltage drop on the ground side of the circuit (i.e. bad chassis ground).
But I have a few questions before I dive into this....
1) Where should the negative cable from the battery attach to the engine? If it makes any difference, this is a 289 / auto trans vehicle.
2) I'm going to replace the ground strap that goes from the back of the passenger side cylinder head to the firewall just because it looks like it's been there since '68 and probably could use replacing. What do you recommend to use to clean up just a small circular area on the firewall for the strap to contact?
3) Do you spray the contact area of the strap with anything after it's installed to keep it from corroding?
4) Are there any other ground straps on a GT/CS?
Thanks in advance,