Engine Earthing Kit
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Engine Earthing Kit
Best place to obtain one and type.
Been. Doing some research on the web and found mixed comments and locations to install
Been. Doing some research on the web and found mixed comments and locations to install
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my car has one fitted , was there when i bought the car
found this thread on another forum http://my350z.com/forum/engine-and-d...osmetic-2.html
i'll take a pic tomorrow to show how its fitted
found this thread on another forum http://my350z.com/forum/engine-and-d...osmetic-2.html
i'll take a pic tomorrow to show how its fitted
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Been investigatig my cold starting issues and found some issues with the earth resistance, cleaned the originals and still foud some high resistance which will only cause issues for the electrical system to work correctly, which at first crank when there is high current draw; the earth current is more, this could cause problems on other parts of the system.
with the use of jump leads as temp earth leads the resistance was very close to equal
As the car was warm and starting fine will re check when cold again and see if the earthing is possibly an issue.
with the use of jump leads as temp earth leads the resistance was very close to equal
As the car was warm and starting fine will re check when cold again and see if the earthing is possibly an issue.
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A lot of the classic imports came with them on like mine did.
I asked why they were there and was told in Japan many suffer with earthing problems. Left them on as i didn't want to bring in an issue that i've never suffered. However, having a new fitted engine at the moment so if the car comes back without them attached you can have mine.
I asked why they were there and was told in Japan many suffer with earthing problems. Left them on as i didn't want to bring in an issue that i've never suffered. However, having a new fitted engine at the moment so if the car comes back without them attached you can have mine.
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They are worth the time and expense on a classic, not so much on the later cars. The older the car, the more likely an earthing kit will be useful.
I made mine myself. It uses heavy duty extra flexible cable from an ICE store, plus solder ring connectors...no point in trying to improve an earth if the crimp connection is poor
To solder the rings, I stripped back the cable, entered it into the ring connector, squeezed with pliers to hold in place, then heated with a small blowlamp, feeding solder wire into it until it took. Allow to cool naturally.
Earth points were: Engine block, gearbox, bodywork front struts, bodywork front slam panel, ecu mounting bolt.
All six run back to a proper earthing block with ONE connection to battery.
Does it work? Who knows, but my car at 16 doesn't suffer from any earth issues.
I made mine myself. It uses heavy duty extra flexible cable from an ICE store, plus solder ring connectors...no point in trying to improve an earth if the crimp connection is poor
To solder the rings, I stripped back the cable, entered it into the ring connector, squeezed with pliers to hold in place, then heated with a small blowlamp, feeding solder wire into it until it took. Allow to cool naturally.
Earth points were: Engine block, gearbox, bodywork front struts, bodywork front slam panel, ecu mounting bolt.
All six run back to a proper earthing block with ONE connection to battery.
Does it work? Who knows, but my car at 16 doesn't suffer from any earth issues.
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