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X2. Redo the ground to frame for the battery. Find a easy spot to mount it on the frame, sand the frame down well, rough up the lead, and reattach to frame with self-tapping screw. This is most likely your problem and is a 5 min fix. I did mine in the Wal-Mart parking lot because it wouldn't start. Same problem. Good luck!
Here is what I did: There are two before pictures and one after picture with the new ground connection to the frame. I put a dremel deburring tool in my drill and worked the frame down to bare metal and reattached the ground lug with a self drilling bolt.
I had taken my tin snips to the inner fender to allow better access to remove and replace the starter. Redoing the ground cured the problem and I have a spare starter on my shelf now. Fires right up, no more being stranded at the oddest times and places.
I had taken my tin snips to the inner fender to allow better access to remove and replace the starter. Redoing the ground cured the problem and I have a spare starter on my shelf now. Fires right up, no more being stranded at the oddest times and places.
Last edited by Danny Lee 97 Disco; Oct 4, 2010 at 07:48 PM.
You really shouldn't have to create a new ground, if you want to try this as a troubleshooting measure. Simply find the existing one, take the connection off and clean up all the surfaces with either fine grit sandpaper, or a small wire brush. Put it back together and see what happens. Also do the insides of your battery terminals, and the poles themselves.
You really shouldn't have to create a new ground, if you want to try this as a troubleshooting measure. Simply find the existing one, take the connection off and clean up all the surfaces with either fine grit sandpaper, or a small wire brush. Put it back together and see what happens. Also do the insides of your battery terminals, and the poles themselves.
Like DiscoMedic said, they are not very accessible and the way I did it, I left the cable attached to the starter. The bolthead was severely corroded as is common on these. With the degradation of the existing ground bolt, the simplest resolution was cutting the terminal such that I did not have to deal with the corroded bolt. It is still were it was. I merely rerouted the existing starter ground cable, crimped on a new terminal, picked a nice convient easy to reach spot and abraded it as I stated and used a new self drilling bolt to secure it to the frame. Quick and easy.
As far as the battery cable, I bought a new ground cable with terminal attached, 4 feet long I think it was. Routed it like I wanted it and did the same attachment to a new ground point on the frame. A new ground beats messing with trying to dissassemble and clean a severely corroded one anyday of the week. Theoretically, you should have to. In reality you should. New grounds are the way to go with these. Go look and see for yourself.
Just didn't want the OP to get the impression that he needs to relocate grounds whenever they might be misbehaving. I've fixed similar problems in a few minutes using a piece of scrap sand paper. Gotta try the simplest fixes first.


