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08-31-2006, 03:30 AM | #37 |
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As soon as I can figure out how many cables are needed and their lengths (haven't done this one on the Yaris yet) I'll be more than willing to provide finished grounding kits at a much more reasonable price than those "magic boxes"
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08-31-2006, 05:55 AM | #38 |
And you know, I would be very interested in buying it from you.
P.S. I live in Greece and I drive the 1.3lt engine model.
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08-31-2006, 10:22 AM | #39 |
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this is gonna be an odd thing to ask, but do you thinl a grounding kit wound be beneficiary to a 1978 VW Beetle?????
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08-31-2006, 01:38 PM | #40 | |
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I've found that these grounding kits work even better on many older vehicles, simply for the fact that they provide such a nice, stable ground. Some wiring on older vehicles is even worse than modern automobiles. |
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08-31-2006, 01:44 PM | #41 |
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Well, since there seems to be an interest, I'll be doing this as soon as I get back from vacation. To let you know what to expect, I like to make my grounding kits easily hidden, they can be routed along the engine bay with other components and no one will even know it's there, I'll let everyone know when I've finished
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08-31-2006, 03:05 PM | #42 |
Οk, just don't forget us.
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08-31-2006, 06:25 PM | #43 |
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I just got done and I started at 4pm now 6pm. What took so long???? I droppped the screw that held the oem groundwire and had to go replace it. After spending an hour trying to remove the battery tray that DOESN"T come out. i could not put the last bolt for the tray in cause it keeps halling out. I highly recommend doing it just whenever you do it, don't forget to disconnect the positive and always use a magnetic tip socket or whatever. Oh and I dropped the screw cause I didn't disconnect the positive and it arced and scared the shit out of me....
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09-13-2006, 09:02 AM | #44 |
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Does anyone have the cable lengths for an 07? I'm looking at just getting 4ga battery cables... I get get them in many diff lengths, and would like to only have to go to the store once... If I have to I will just measure first; but if I dont have to that'd be great
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09-13-2006, 10:01 AM | #45 |
In my opinion, 3-4 metres shpuld be ok.
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09-13-2006, 12:10 PM | #46 |
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Cool beans, I'm planning on grabbing the cables tonight... its raining though, so I might wait till its sunny (lack of garage...)
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09-13-2006, 01:15 PM | #47 |
Who is going to gather a grounding kit for mine???
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09-13-2006, 06:48 PM | #48 | |
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09-14-2006, 03:07 AM | #49 |
Let me post a picture of my engine.
We have to make sure that the points where the cables touch the chassis are the same.
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09-14-2006, 02:39 PM | #50 | |
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A. From a chassis bolt on left side of engine bay (furthest from the battery) to a bolt on the corner of the engine, should contact the head. (one of the red circles in the pic below is probably the best bet) B. From the bolt on the head to the bolt holding on the furthest rightward ignition coil (orange circle is for illustration only, the coil that you need to use is covered by the induction box.) I find the most convenient way to route this wire is around behind and over the back of the engine, hides the wire well and so forth, but this is your choice. C. From that ignition coil bolt to the negative terminal on the battery D. From Negative terminal to a chassis bolt on the right side of the engine bay (closest to battery) Best way to measure is with a rope or string or something... route it just like you would want the wire from point to point, taking care to avoid hot or moving parts that would damage the wire. then measure the length of rope used to get from point to point how you want it routed, then just give me those figures, then I can probably give you a better quote, also, let me know what color wire you'd prefer, Black, Red, White, Transparent Red, or Transparent Blue. Last edited by paultyler_82; 09-14-2006 at 02:50 PM. |
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09-14-2006, 03:18 PM | #51 |
I'll try to make the measurements as soon as possible.
Can you give me any estimations about the final cost? As far as the colour is concerned, I would like transparent red!
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09-16-2006, 03:21 AM | #53 |
Ok, do whatever you can!
In the afternoon, I'll post the measurements.
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09-16-2006, 08:35 AM | #54 |
Here I am.
These are the measurements in centimeters. From Body to Head--> 34cm From Head to the second spark plug from left--> 28cm OR From Head to the fourth spark plug from left--> 48cm From second spark plug to Battery Negative--> 76cm OR From fourth spark plug to Battery Negative--> 55cm From Battery Negative to Body--> 15cm The thing is that the fourth spark plug is covered from the airbox, so I have to move it and this is not gonna be easy.Does it matter if we use the second spark plug?
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