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With the battery behind the seat, where do you guys hook up your timing light leads?
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I hook the positive to the positive terminal on the alternater. The ground on the alternater bracket
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yea, just be very careful not to let the timing light clip ground the alternator, it lets out the majic smoke
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Originally Posted by Georgia1974
I hook the positive to the positive terminal on the alternater. The ground on the alternater bracket
Great idea... I pulled the battery out of my CJ in the garage and set it on a wood block next to the vette and ran the power leads from that (before anyone asks, cyl 1 connection was on the Vette's cyl 1 and not the CJ's )
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I hook the positive to the positive terminal on the alternater. The ground on the alternater bracket
that's how I do it
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Originally Posted by Georgia1974
I hook the positive to the positive terminal on the alternater. The ground on the alternater bracket
Me too.
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yea, just be very careful not to let the timing light clip ground the alternator, it lets out the majic smoke
I once read an article on how they actually put that smoke in there. Pretty interesting process.







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I use the hot terminal on the horn relay. Keeps the wires a little further away from the belts & fan.
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Originally Posted by Georgia1974
I hook the positive to the positive terminal on the alternater. The ground on the alternater bracket
That's also how I do it.
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I lengthened the positive wire and hook it to the battery behind the seat. The negative wire goes wherever, usually the steering box...
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The reason I asked was that I tried to use jumper cables from the battery and for some reason it didn't work. I've done that in the past with no problems.
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Also, for those who've already let the smoke out of their wiring harness, here's where you can get replacement smoke.

http://www3.telus.net/bc_triumph_registry/smoke.htm




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