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flying3
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 Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: stupid question: where is the the ground strap to the body? |
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| Ive looked all over done a search and cannot find it...Im checking all my grounds which is what i believe the problem is with my bus it lost all power. its a 73' i need to replace my transmission ground strap also any ideas on what would be a good replacment for it? |
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Karl
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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~ you do NOT have a 73 FEET long bus! You have a 1973 or a '73
The negative cable from the battery goes right to frame.
The engine is grounded from the frame to the trans nose.
#4 in the lower pic is the negative cable:
The ground strap is a braided cable with small ends, like this one:
http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=111971237A |
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flying3
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thank you!  |
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rustbus
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could someone with a 72 bus show me a pic of where the grounds strap goes originally?
I found this thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=119398&highlight=ground+strap
where ratwell posted a pic, but i cant figure out WTH is going on in that pic.
also, anyone know how long the original strap is?
my bus has had its battery grounded direct to the engine this whole time, so i've never seen the original ground location/strap.
please and thanks! 
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Randy in Maine
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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There should be a woven wire ground strap fromt he battery to the body of th ebus using am 8mm bolt forward of th ebattery.
Also a chassis ground strap on the forward drivers side of the transaxle to the frame. |
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rustbus
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: 72 Ground cable strap |
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| Randy in Maine wrote: |
There should be a woven wire ground strap fromt he battery to the body of th ebus using am 8mm bolt forward of th ebattery.
Also a chassis ground strap on the forward drivers side of the transaxle to the frame. |
thanks, forward huh? - i dont see a hole, should there be one?
here what my battery area looked like:
see that hole on the seam near the rear ? the seam in front of where the battery is....i dont know if that hole is the original, or if someone made it...
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busdaddy
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Wrong, the ground strap on a 72 bolts to the vertical area just ahead of the battery, same place the pieplate is in but facing the battery not the engine.
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rustbus
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| busdaddy wrote: |
| Wrong, the ground strap on a 72 bolts to the vertical area just ahead of the battery, same place the pieplate is in but facing the battery not the engine. |
but, but ,but, theres no holes there?! i've looked and looked....
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Wildthings
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| Having the battery grounded directly to the engine is fine, but you still need a good ground strap on the front left of the transmission. |
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rustbus
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject: 72 trans strap |
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| Having the battery grounded directly to the engine is fine, but you still need a good ground strap on the front left of the transmission. |
Cool, thats likely best then. Just a note, on the '72's, the trans ground strap is actually on the right side of the tranny. has its own special place there and everything. correct me if im wrong, but i got pics. i think.
EDIT - this is where the tranny grounds. same for all 72 and earlier bays?
Thanks Guys.
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