MJ'sBlkBII
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I think I may have found the start of my wiring mishap. I found a battery ground cable with terminal still attached sitting on the wheel well between the battery tray and air box. I traced it to a retainer on the frame then to a bolt on the block. Obviously this is the original way the ground was supposed to be run. The current negative cable is run to a bolt directly to the frame. When I found this cable I pulled it down to be contemplated. I decided this may be part of the issue with the block not being properly grounded, so I clipped the terminal off and bolted it to the frame. After this is when I found the smoke inside the cab.
My questions are: 1- should I remove the frame to block cable entirely since it did run with out it, 2- connect this frame to block cable to the battery to frame location for a possably very good ground, or 3- just run the current battery cable straight to the block and no longer to the frame? Also, could this scenario of connecting the block to frame instead of battery even be a possable culprit to the fried dash wiring? Would this explain the fried ground wire under the dash?
Thanks for any insight, MJ
My questions are: 1- should I remove the frame to block cable entirely since it did run with out it, 2- connect this frame to block cable to the battery to frame location for a possably very good ground, or 3- just run the current battery cable straight to the block and no longer to the frame? Also, could this scenario of connecting the block to frame instead of battery even be a possable culprit to the fried dash wiring? Would this explain the fried ground wire under the dash?
Thanks for any insight, MJ