DeTomaso Mailing List: April 99, Message #249

MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote:

> Huh?  When I installed the new alternator, I decided that discretion was the
> better part of valor, and fabbed up a ground wire to connect the ground post
> on the back of the alternator to the chassis of the car.  Was this a waste of
> time, or a Good Thing?  How was the alternator grounded before, through the
> case?  Could the missing ground have contributed to the escaping smoke?
>

Yup, chassis grounding is common and designed in, in many applications.

A redundant ground never hurt anything...  good preventative wrenching!!

If the ground was missing that long..... I would suspect the "that long" had more
to do with it than the missing ground.

65 Buick...  How is it you can keep your mom's 60's Buick on the road and not
your 70's Pantera.....   <grinning, ducking for cover>

Rick
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