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Technical Shop => Electrical & Audio => Topic started by: ek3 on June 15, 2022, 09:26:40 PM

Title: where does this ground wire go?
Post by: ek3 on June 15, 2022, 09:26:40 PM
about 36" long. comes out below booster . the end is visable in the photo.    1971 challenger  i laid it up on the exh. manifold to show it better .  :clueless:
Title: Re: where does this ground wire go?
Post by: anlauto on June 16, 2022, 04:09:53 AM
That's not a factory wire, that terminal is usually empty I believe....where does it go on the other side of the bulkhead ?
Title: Re: where does this ground wire go?
Post by: 73chalngr on June 16, 2022, 02:59:25 PM
If it is not a factory wire as Allen says who I would believe. Just because it's black I wouldn't assume it's a ground wire. Does it reach the coil cause if somebody put in rallye gauges after the fact it may be A wire that goes to the tach and reads off of the coil. The lead looks small enough in the picture that it might fit right on the coil. I did the changeover but bought a kit that had the correct wires. Just a thought good luck .
Title: Re: where does this ground wire go?
Post by: jimynick on June 16, 2022, 07:46:47 PM
Quote from: 73chalngr on June 16, 2022, 02:59:25 PM
If it is not a factory wire as Allen says who I would believe. Just because it's black I wouldn't assume it's a ground wire. Does it reach the coil cause if somebody put in rallye gauges after the fact it may be A wire that goes to the tach and reads off of the coil. The lead looks small enough in the picture that it might fit right on the coil. I did the changeover but bought a kit that had the correct wires. Just a thought good luck .

AND, put a meter on it with the key on and make sure it's not a powered wire, just for safety's sake.  :cheers:
Title: Re: where does this ground wire go?
Post by: ek3 on June 19, 2022, 09:07:56 AM
got i figured out. i was talking with mike ross and he says position 20 is the tach.! so i got my factory harness out and sure enough,it is a long -gray wire for the tach. so i just will swap out the black wire for the old factory gray one... hooked it up and the tach now works.... :worship:
Title: Re: where does this ground wire go?
Post by: anlauto on June 19, 2022, 11:45:26 AM
Oh yea small block ...in 71 they used a separate tach wire which I always thought was odd.. Glad Mike helped you out  :twothumbsup: