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Old Aug 31, 2023 | 06:31 PM
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Looks like one of the previous owners of my car need to add a ground near the battery.



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Old Aug 31, 2023 | 07:02 PM
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Oooh, that's ugly!
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I'd send the building inspector out to his house see what he could find. I've only ever seen that done by people stealing power.
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Old Aug 31, 2023 | 07:11 PM
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LOL… I’ve worked on these cars for years… Nothing should surprise me, yet here we are!

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Patent that before someone else does!
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That's ingenious...
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Old Sep 1, 2023 | 01:31 AM
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Well, at least it's on the negative cable!
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Old Sep 1, 2023 | 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 71BHG4SP
Well, at least it's on the negative cable!
I know. Like I wanna get REAL upset and angry, but.... "it's on the negative cable."

Pure laziness is all I can come up with.

Hey OP, what did Bubba have CONNECTED to the "Center Tap" ???
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That's really nothing new. Back in the day it was not uncommon to stick a shirt pin-(remember those)- through a wire's insulation so you could connect a meter to see if had voltage or to check for ground. This just takes that to a more extreme... It's just a foot from the terminal connection, why did they go to all that trouble...

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Originally Posted by wadenelson
Pure laziness is all I can come up with.
I disagree. That took some effort to accomplish: drill the cable (I assume), find a though-bolt with multiple washers to sandwich the auxiliary wire, tape it up... At least this Bubba had some pride in workmanship and creativity in executing the plan.
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Don’t laugh to hard, but I still use the hat pin trick to test and check wires. The wire colors on my 73 are at the best faded, and the pin trick is a good way to keep from making a mistake. The plastic insulation is as hard as steel and I want to be sure I am working / soldering the correct wire. I will let the next owner rewire the car, I am too
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Originally Posted by wadenelson
I know. Like I wanna get REAL upset and angry, but.... "it's on the negative cable."

Pure laziness is all I can come up with.

Hey OP, what did Bubba have CONNECTED to the "Center Tap" ???
There wasn't anything connected to it. Just completely taped up. There's also a bunch of tape around the end that bolts to the frame.
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Originally Posted by 69XR7
There wasn't anything connected to it. Just completely taped up. There's also a bunch of tape around the end that bolts to the frame.
Ha! So bubba drilled the wrong battery cable, in all likelihood!
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Now that's funny right there...I don't care who you are!
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Must've been a GM engineer who wanted to save a few inches of wire, rather than to connect to the "lug" point at the end of the cable.
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