Recent content by 19bee70

I just did this 6 months ago in the same type of garage. Pulled the hood Jacked car just high enough to get tires off and used stands Unbolted all the suspension and steering connections Disconnected wiring, fuel, driveshaft and removed radiator Fab'd a cradle like DANGTX said but I used 2 4...

It sounds like you're saying...build a ground strap to run from the back of the block and maybe even ground on the same screw as the regulator, to have it as close as possible? It is the usual chrome, flat style with the triangle plug with 2 pins.

I have a pic here of the alt and I did double check the ground, metal to metal, surfaces. It sure looks good with no paint interference.

Whoa....your right Geoff. I just looked and the only engine ground is the bat neg to the DS head. I need one for the rear PS head to firewall? I have seen those before.

Let me take a pic of the back of the alt and double check the ground. The reg is bolted to the stand off bracket so I have to check contact with the painted firewall.

Alrighty, again I do appreciate the helping hands we get on this Forum. It's amazing! My last issue was the "leftover" bare post on my starter relay and it turned out after fabricating a ground wire from that post to the firewall....problem solved starts and stops with the key! I'm so thrilled...

Thanks Black Sheep, Fortunately my daily drivers have been clutch cars for the last 20 years. Yep...always in neutral even if I push the clutch in which seems to be the factory norm these days. It's good to know after all the replacement wiring for the whole car, I had one wire...

That's what I'm reading too. I never knew that but the original harness is gone and this is a new M&H. ...not to mention the car has been apart for over 20 years. I see those clutch switches are an arm and a leg, so no, I'm not using one! (That's if you can find one)

Thanks 72...I'm on it!

I posted a pic of what my relay looks like with the wire unplugged from the neutral switch on the trans. 2 wires..one black and one black with white tracer. The funny thing is the other connector coming out of the bulkhead side has a provision for 2 wire but there's only one spade in the...

Maybe this helps?

Ok....so thanks again DVW. I have to do something with that post with no black wire attached ( I thought it was green) but I'll have to crawl under the car to find that wire.

Ohhhhh....so the wire that would normally connect there for the manual trans completes the circuit to ground?

Good start....with the key in crank position, I have power at all of the blue marks including the solder point on the switch itself. Next?

Exactly ....I pushed hard enough, I think, to connect and after checking for power by probing for power on the switch side of the connector I have hot power. I have the column partially disassembled now to follow power thru the switch itself.