<VV> No More backfiring

[Bob Gilbert]

Hi Larry,

Good point. In my case, I have a dash ground made of a 1 inch piece of
aluminum flat bar that runs the width of the dash (inside). I tie all of my
ground connections to it . It in turn is connected to the body shell and an
8 gauge wire back to the battery set in the rear.

I think that part of my problem is still with some of the original wiring. I
have found examples of rusty grounds behind the sofa, wires simply twisted
together and covered with tape. Then there are wires cut off and seemingly
going nowhere and so on. As mentioned in the earlier email, with what I know
now I should have ripped everything out and run new wires front to rear.
That may yet be a 2012 winter project.

Regards,
Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Larry Forman
Sent: April-30-12 10:37 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> No More backfiring

On 4/30/2012 6:33 PM, Bob Gilbert wrote:
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
> PS now if I only I could figure out why my backup lights come on when 
> I switch on the dash lights! One thing at a time, patience, patience.. 
> J
>
Hi Bob,
If you have a Late, then a separate heavy gauge wire to a solid ground 
for the dash is mandatory.   Often the stock ground using a screw is 
poor at best and creates very strange symptoms that would be difficult 
to figure out.   A solid ground takes care of that issue and provides a 
good starting point for troubleshooting other poor grounds, which are
frequently the underlying cause.

Larry Forman
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