Ground strap, Replace ot not??? |
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Ground strap, Replace ot not??? |
EJP914 |
Jun 23 2017, 07:45 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 260 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Monroeville, PA Member No.: 821 |
It doesn't look like the braided strap attached to the top of the transaxle has ever been replaced on my car. I thought about removing it, cleaning and reinstalling. Will anything bad happen if I just leave it alone, as-is? Will the car start any quicker if it is replaced? Right now it struggles, spins slowly, then will catch and fire up.
Car is '74 1.8. Thx in advance for the advice. EJP914 |
EJP914 |
Jun 23 2017, 09:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 260 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Monroeville, PA Member No.: 821 |
Many thanks for the replies. It wasn't a question of cost. It's crawling under the car again. Getting too old for this.
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Tom_T |
Jun 23 2017, 11:31 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Many thanks for the replies. It wasn't a question of cost. It's crawling under the car again. Getting too old for this. Hi Monroeville, Ex-Bridgeville & Dormont here (up to `63), & can empathize with crawling under cars at our age! In addition to starter issues, that strap provides the primary ground path for the engine/transaxle, & if bad connections &/or flow at the strap &/or connections, then the power will seek the next easiest path - which usually ends up frying clutch cables. Primary symptom of that is clutch cable snapping more often than normal. So probably a good idea to either recondition & clean-up yours as noted above, or to get a new cable (age increases resistance in copper wires, etc.). PS - My Dad worked at Koppers there up until `63, until a new job moved us to San Diego. He was a Pitt Grad, Army Chemical Corps, & Petro-Chemist there working on plastics & coatings, including the polyurethane varnish & polyurethane paints on our cars. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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