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Old 08-14-2018, 08:02 PM
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I hope someone can help with my '77 that I am fixing up, I haven't had much luck searching for an answer... I am wondering where the small(red) ground wire attaches. I have read it attaches in the the battery box, but I dont know where and cant seem to find a pic of it. My assembly manual doesn't even show it.

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Old 08-14-2018, 08:36 PM
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I suspect that is a universal, one size fits all cable, that was suppose to be used as a positive cable. Hence the red on there. Someone has installed it in the Negative position. There is no need for the small wire. Battery box is "fiber" anyway.

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Old 08-14-2018, 08:58 PM
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Ditto. Main battery wires for Corvette are all black. But the positive wire might have a smaller additional wire coming from the + battery terminal. Someone put a + cable on the negative side.

Just cut that extra red wire off.
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OK thanks. That is what was confusing me, I thought read some random post in the past (with no pics) saying it was a battery/chassis/body ground in the battery box, but like you said, its all fiberglass which didn't make sense. I'll cut it off and call it good.

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kaysaw99,

Thank You for the detailed write up. I have put this on my winter to do list!
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kaysaw99,

Thank You for the detailed write up. I have put this on my winter to do list!
May want to post this in the correct thread
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This works for me. Plugged into the cigarette lighter. Nice write up.

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you run a big green wire the length of the hull and ground everything that goes through fiberglass to salt water. oh, that's right. this is a car...

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