Can somebody tell me where the negative battery cable connected to from the factory on a 1983 hurst olds? I would like to know the correct routing as well. I picture would be perfect. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
1983 H/O Negative Battery Cable
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Welcome to the forum. This looks like your first post. I don’t have a picture but the negative cable goes directly to the engine block. If memory serves me, another smaller wire goes to the chassis.
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Yellow arrow. Stud location. Ground wire. Pay no attention to the nearby red wire. That goes to the alternator post.
As far as the routing, the negative wire is only like 20" long or so. Not much to route. As Anubis stated, the smaller aux ground wire goes to either the inner fenderwell near the horns or the radiator support. It varied within the model years. I do not recall where it actually goes to on an 83.
Thanks, I had M/H build me a set of cables to factory OEM specs. It took awhile as they had to find the gauge of cable, length and style of clamp ends that Oldsmobile used. if anybody’s looking for a set I’ve attached a picture of there part numbers.
I did find the ground mounting position on the inner fender wall. I thought the other wire went to somewhere on the alternator bracket. I did see the nut on the engine block that you pointed out. I’ll see how that lines up with the wire length that they sent.
I did find the ground mounting position on the inner fender wall. I thought the other wire went to somewhere on the alternator bracket. I did see the nut on the engine block that you pointed out. I’ll see how that lines up with the wire length that they sent.
Ooooh! I like those! Looks like they went to a larger guage wire. Or thicker sleeve. Can't really tell. Which isn't a bad thing. Parts book shows 60" for positive and 20" for negative. Not sure if that matches the factory lengths or just the ballpark. The factory cables, as you can tell by looking at them, are rather skinny little things compared to what people normally use. You could mistake it for a 7mm spark plug cable. Plus, I wish they would have used a red sleeve on the alternator wire per original. But you can't have everything I guess. Those still look better than grungy originals 99% of the time.
Typical postive cable routing is just behind the A.I.R. check valve tubing and up along the top of the valve cover and back down around the back of the engine through the cable tube to the starter. The cable has cable ties holding it up to the wire loom that runs up along the valve cover as well. And of course, the smaller wire to the alternator goes through the loom and then splits out near the alternator. The tube is shown in the picture above and you can see the skinny little cable going through it to the starter, although it's been pulled away from the engine in the front.
Typical postive cable routing is just behind the A.I.R. check valve tubing and up along the top of the valve cover and back down around the back of the engine through the cable tube to the starter. The cable has cable ties holding it up to the wire loom that runs up along the valve cover as well. And of course, the smaller wire to the alternator goes through the loom and then splits out near the alternator. The tube is shown in the picture above and you can see the skinny little cable going through it to the starter, although it's been pulled away from the engine in the front.
Thanks for the info, I never had an original set to Compare. The guy before me just installed a cheap aftermarket set that was an eye sore. I’m hoping M/H did there home work. It took about 3 months before they finished these.
Very nice. I'm not much of a resto-nut, but being a "wire biter" as some say, get my jollies on electric stuff.
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