As many of you know i was having alot of starter problems...then i found out that it was in the wiring. So i replaced ALL the wires coming from the battery(starter hot wire, fuse box hot wire, bat ground)...that seemed to work. It ran fine last night and today...it actually ran better than before with the new grounds.

So about 30 minutes ago i go out to the car to go somewhere...turn the key and get nothing. So i took off the battery to chassis and chassis to tranny grounds(they go to the same place on the chassis)...and they seemed fine. So i tried it again...and this time my brother said that he saw a spark coming from the tranny ground. Well i also have my pusher fan grounded there so i thought that might be it. I took it off and boom...the car fired right up. I let it warm up then shut it off. Tried again and got nothing. Well the starter clicks but it doesnt do anything.

Obviously it has something to do with the grounds. But i just cant figure out what it is. Could it be the size of the wiring? Heres the wire that i used...

Battery to chassis---4g
Tranny to chassis---8g
Starter hot wire-----4g
Fuse box hot wire--8g

Should i make the tranny ground 4g too since the battery ground is...and they connect at the same spot? Also...i have the tranny grounded on the clutch cable bracket...which is where it was stock...but i was thinking that there might be a better place for it? Also...on the connector thats attatched to the chassis coming from the tranny...its 8g wire but my 8g connector wasnt large enough to fit the 12mm bolt so i had to double the wire over and use a 4g connector. It smashed pretty tightly but its in there snug as hell. It wont come off even if i pull on it hard as hell. Im stupmed as hell man. Can anyone think of what could be causing this? I need this running as soon as possible so ANY suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance

 

Nobody has any thoughts?

 

bizump before bized

 

Well some people in the all motor forum told me that i shouldnt ground 2 different wires at the same point. But ive always read that its better if you do that. How do you guys have yours?

BTW-The reason im making this post is because the search isnt working for me for some reason. I always search before i make a psot but no matter what i type in it says "no matches found" or something.

 

clean your ground spots, have good connectors at the end of your wires and you should be fine. as long as your running good cable, not the house stiff stuff good multistrand (like amp wire)

 

simply mimic the oem ground spots w/ better wiring. nothing more, nothing less.

 

Yea i scraped the paint off of the chassis where i grounded it. And im using amp wire and the expensive copper connectors. Im gonna move the tranny ground to a different spot on the tranny...just to see if it helps at all.

 

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Thats exactly what i did...and what seems the most logical. But people are telling me that i shouldnt use the same spot. I dont know but its pretty annoying. I wonder if the starter cable is too big?

edit: oops i meant to put this in the above post...my bad