check your fusible links. trace your positive wire from the battery to the alternator to the starter. down around your starter are the fusible links. they are little black round looking things. if i can help u in any way u can email me at [email protected]. i hope this helps you out
Battery Dying After Engine Swap
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Doober i'm not trying to argue with you but those articles do point out that a bad engine ground will effect the charging system. And i know for a fact that it does because i had the same problem, my battery kept dying and i had low voltage output from my alternator. Then i installed an engine ground strap and guess what?? My voltage output went from 12 volts to 14.5 volts!!! with the same alternator!! I am not making all this up just to argue with you it is merely a fact and an experience that i had and am passing the information on to another person who has the same problem that i did! I still don't see any proof from you that having no engine ground strap doesn't effect voltage output!
Ok here is one that you SHOULD be able to understand it says it plain as day, read under BAD ALTERNATOR WIRING CONNECTIONS http://www.aa1car.com/library/charging_checks.htm it says "All the power supply
and ground connections must therefore be in excellent condition to minimize resistance and the load on the charging system. In fact, poor ground connections are an often overlooked cause of low charging output and alternator failure"
and read under ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DROP TESTS it says "Also, check for broken, loose or missing ground straps between the engine and body" It does effect the charging system!! I'm sorry but i won't quit until someone proves me wrong and you have failed to do that as of yet.
and ground connections must therefore be in excellent condition to minimize resistance and the load on the charging system. In fact, poor ground connections are an often overlooked cause of low charging output and alternator failure"
and read under ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DROP TESTS it says "Also, check for broken, loose or missing ground straps between the engine and body" It does effect the charging system!! I'm sorry but i won't quit until someone proves me wrong and you have failed to do that as of yet.
It's clear I'm not going to change your mind. Like I said I'm finished arguing the point... I suppose ignorance is bliss. The only time a ground strap MAY affect the charging system is if there isn't a direct ground between the engine and battery, which I've never seen.
Ever heard the term 'path of least resistance'? It certainly isn't 'path through the engine block, through the body, to the fender, to a 10 gauge wire, to the battery', it's 'through the engine block, through the HUGE DAMN BATTERY CABLE, to the battery'.
Ever heard the term 'path of least resistance'? It certainly isn't 'path through the engine block, through the body, to the fender, to a 10 gauge wire, to the battery', it's 'through the engine block, through the HUGE DAMN BATTERY CABLE, to the battery'.
I hope that the original poster actually does connect the engine ground strap and lets us know if it worked. i bet it does!!
to yourself!
to yourself!
84GP455 said:
poor connections in the body can cause the charging system to work harder and to fail but they don't cause a low charging output and you don't need the body to be grounded for the alternator to charge the battery..in your link when they talk about poor connections and low charging output they are talking about the connections on the alternator or the hot wire from the starter or the ground wire from the battery to the alternator bracket which is the charging circuit
we are talking about the engine ground, not the body grounds. I don't care what anybody says, all i know is i had a very low voltage output before until i put in an engine ground strap and my voltage output went from 12 to 14.5!! So no matter what you or he says, an ENGINE GROUND DOES EFFECT VOLTAGE OUTPUT! So if you want to get involved in this debate, SHOW ME THE PROOF, i've posted just some of the many web sites that i researched and read where it says that engine grounds do matter where voltage output is concerned.
This is why I asked where the neg cable was attached. If you have a 2 guage wire going to the block, then an added 10 guage wire goin from the block to the body isn't gonna do sh*t for the charging system. It might make the electical systems that use a ground only going through the body to work better but as far as just the charging system there won't be any difference.
Whatever kissass! you can't explain anything to me when i've seen this problem with my own experience. It's simple, you have the battery grounded to the frame and or motor, you have the body grounded to the frame, but you have a motor which sits on rubber mounts but is not grounded to anything>>??? It doesn't make sense does it??? Here's another one for you to read,pontiacgp said:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... n13640857/
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