Bond jumper

[rrTor-Red]

When I took apart my car years ago, there was a bond jumper on the firewall of a big block. One of my ends was broken off. I thought one end, that was attached, was on a nut for the blower motor, not sure. 318-340 engines had one in the basic vicinity. Does anyone know where this bond jumper goes? Ever see one? Where to get one?

Thanks

 

[mmissile]

A what?

 

[Cranky]

Was thinking that someone jumped bond.....new one on me.

 

[HT413]

Are you taking about a ground strap? If so, just google it, Dorman makes them (as do others) at various lengths for like $6 each.

 

[rrTor-Red]

Ok, my bad, a ground strap and thanks

 

[HT413]

I've heard that term before in construction. Some old time in-ground pool builders refer to the pool / spa ground system (for grounding the rebar) as bonding.

 

[rrTor-Red]

We refer it as bond jumper when working on airplanes. It's like tomato and tomatoe, almost..lol

 

[Cranky]

My brother in law works on and does rebuilds on small air craft....mostly old ones. I'll bring it up one day and see if rings a bell with him. He's only a few years older than I am but keeps on trying to treat me as a much younger brother that's stoooopid. Back in 70 when I was dating his sister, I constantly beat him with my 'home made' car against his dealer bought ones and he hated that and from time to time he hears about it :grin:

 

[Mike67]

You must be an electrician...as I understood what you meant!!!

 

[kiwigtx]

You must be an electrician...as I understood what you meant!!!

I've been a sparky for 34 years, and the first thing I thought of was this....



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[Mike67]

I've been a sparky for 34 years, and the first thing I thought of was this....

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Now that's funny!!!

 

[Glenwood]

lol, it's a sparky thing!

 

[Bb70charger500]

I must be to young for all of this

 

[kiwigtx]

lol, it's a sparky thing!

Over here in New Zealand, it is said that Sparky's have the best sense of humour.... :toothy9:

It must be something to do with crawling around ceilings or under houses amongst other people's cat **** or something???

...You'll love this. As an apprentice, our local Supplier loved messing around at times. One day they sent a block of timber - 2"x4" about 8" long. They carefully drew a picture of a transistor radio on the front with a marker pen, and sent it to our workshop for repair. So we had a look at it, got a piece of flexible cable and a plug top, twisted the bare ends of the flex together, drilled a hole up one end, and sealed the bare ends inside the wood. Dropped it back up to the Supplier and said "all fixed" (forgot to charge for that one)The idiots were so impressed with our handy work, that they plugged it in, switched on.....and crapped themselves when it exploded. :laughing1:
Never had any more tricks after that. :headbang:

 

[Glenwood]

lol...serves them right!

one of our favourites was sending the gophers to the truck to get the 'skyhook'.

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actually with regards to the original post which we've pretty much hijacked (sorry OP)...it's kind of funny that we call auto negative polarity 'ground' as there's no ground reference.

 

[kiwigtx]

lol...serves them right!

one of our favourites was sending the gophers to the truck to get the 'skyhook'.

I have to admit to being caught by that one as a fresh apprentice...the guys sent me to the Hardware store with a list that included 'skyhooks'. The funny part was when I got there, the guy asked if I wanted chrome or plastic-coated. So I returned with a 50-pack of each. :headbang:

Best one I heard was a young female bank clerk sent to a lawyers Office to get a "Verbal agreement form"

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actually with regards to the original post which we've pretty much hijacked (sorry OP)...it's kind of funny that we call auto negative polarity 'ground' as there's no ground reference.

I've often wondered about that myself. The guys I work with now talk about ground on buses.... maybe the cleaners are not doing their job properly. :laughing3:

 

[Glenwood]

lol

I had an 'apprentice wannabe' once. The guy was a civil engineer who decided to leave his comfy office and join us in the trenches. I didn't think he had much aptitude but who am I to stop someone from fulfilling their dreams? Then there was that moment when you should probably advise them to choose another career path...

I asked him to fish some string through some recently slab-installed coreline (flexible PVC conduit) so that we could begin our wire pulls. I went to help the guys with the wire harness prep and returned 15 minutes later to find the guy pushing poly string into the protruding conduit. I was stunned. I asked him how he expected the string to push through the other side, about 60 feet away. He was clueless the poor bugger.

You can teach people to do things but how do you teach them to think?

 

[Mike67]

This IS a negative post....

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18" Tye wraps on the drive shaft was always fun... some guys stationed at the front of the plant would get to their vehicles before we would...you'd see them a mile down the road with the hood up scratching their heads wondering what was coming apart..
Sorry for the hijack...just had to share...

 

[Glenwood]

I'm + you're right Mike!

funny gag

It's not always the apprentices that do funny things though...

I worked for a guy once who told us a story about when he was pulling some heavy cable through a 4" conduit that was stubbed up from the slab. He started pulling the rope and sensed a disturbing odour as he was pulling. Turns out 4" conduit and 4" sanitary stubs look the same to some construction guys...the look on his face when telling the story brought me to tears.

 

[Mike67]

Don't know if you're looking for OE or just one to replace, they make many different sizes and styles..., and are usually copper/ aluminum or copper clad....Oriellys or NAPA should be able to hook you up...