Grounding locations?
can i get a picture of g100 and g111 on an actual car please?
is there where GM puts g100? (referring to yellow circle in DSCN3223.jpg)
mine is about here (yellow circle in 25292... picture)
thank you for the help. i think i may have my grounds mounted in the wrong spots.
is there where GM puts g100? (referring to yellow circle in DSCN3223.jpg)
mine is about here (yellow circle in 25292... picture)
thank you for the help. i think i may have my grounds mounted in the wrong spots.
Last edited by jdoyle; Aug 9, 2010 at 02:05 AM.
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Man, you've been going back and forth about those two grounds for almost two months. What exactly is the problem you're trying to fix? It doesn't matter if you put your grounds in the same place as factory as long as you have them. As long as you have good solid ground connections between the engine, frame, body, and battery everything should work fine.
I am just trying to find the factory locations for the bolts that you listed in post #3, specifically g100, g109 and g111.
my car was worked on around '05 or '06 by a real dumbass and I want to make sure that I correct as many of his mistakes as i can while the car is down in my buddies garage, these 3 bolts being one of the mistakes that i want to correct.
I will also be replacing some of the wires with some 0 gauge wires and I want to make sure that I buy the right amount of wire.
my car was worked on around '05 or '06 by a real dumbass and I want to make sure that I correct as many of his mistakes as i can while the car is down in my buddies garage, these 3 bolts being one of the mistakes that i want to correct.
I will also be replacing some of the wires with some 0 gauge wires and I want to make sure that I buy the right amount of wire.
Last edited by jdoyle; Aug 10, 2010 at 12:59 AM.
bump and a question!
can you stack engine grounds on top of eachother? like stack the ground wire that g101 grounds to the wheelhouse, the ground wire that g106 grounds by the radiator support and g109 on top of each other and use the g109 bolt (keeping g109 the way GM set it up)to secure the actual ground wires to the frame rail or would something bad happen?
thank you in advance.
can you stack engine grounds on top of eachother? like stack the ground wire that g101 grounds to the wheelhouse, the ground wire that g106 grounds by the radiator support and g109 on top of each other and use the g109 bolt (keeping g109 the way GM set it up)to secure the actual ground wires to the frame rail or would something bad happen?
thank you in advance.
to answer my own question lol, yes you can stack grounds on top of eachother.
for anyone who may be interested i just did a big 5 ( big 3 plus leftover wire turned itself into the big 5) and my measurements were.
from the negative battery post to the passenger side of the chassis between the shock and the battery itself, i used 27 inches of 0 gauge power wire.
from the negative battery post to the spot on an iron 6.0 block between the starter and the a/c compressor, i used 3 feet of 0 gauge power wire. i had to bend my ring terminal a little bit to make this fit. a picture is below for clarification.
to replace the ground strap between block and the chassis on the driver's side, i used 18.5 inches of 0 gauge power wire. i removed the small bracket on the alternator and used that bolt hole as my block connection and used one of the two bolt holes to the right of the ABS bracket as my chassis connection. the picture below is for clarification. the two bolt holes circled in black are the ones that can be used. they are the same thread and pitch as the ABS bracket bolts, so if you need a bolt, just remove one from the ABS bracket and take that to the hardware store to get yourself set up.
from the back of the alternator to the positive battery post, i used 55 inches of 0 gauge power wire.
if you have leftover power wire, like i did, u could make another ground connection between the negative battery post and a post inside of the bumper area as shown in the pictures below. i don't think that you have to have your bumper removed to make this connection but I am not positive.
i hope this helps someone in the future.
for anyone who may be interested i just did a big 5 ( big 3 plus leftover wire turned itself into the big 5) and my measurements were.
from the negative battery post to the passenger side of the chassis between the shock and the battery itself, i used 27 inches of 0 gauge power wire.
from the negative battery post to the spot on an iron 6.0 block between the starter and the a/c compressor, i used 3 feet of 0 gauge power wire. i had to bend my ring terminal a little bit to make this fit. a picture is below for clarification.
to replace the ground strap between block and the chassis on the driver's side, i used 18.5 inches of 0 gauge power wire. i removed the small bracket on the alternator and used that bolt hole as my block connection and used one of the two bolt holes to the right of the ABS bracket as my chassis connection. the picture below is for clarification. the two bolt holes circled in black are the ones that can be used. they are the same thread and pitch as the ABS bracket bolts, so if you need a bolt, just remove one from the ABS bracket and take that to the hardware store to get yourself set up.
from the back of the alternator to the positive battery post, i used 55 inches of 0 gauge power wire.
if you have leftover power wire, like i did, u could make another ground connection between the negative battery post and a post inside of the bumper area as shown in the pictures below. i don't think that you have to have your bumper removed to make this connection but I am not positive.
i hope this helps someone in the future.
