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Grounding Kit

dmention7

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If you only check at the points you put the kit. You would be checking wire continuity. That is very unlikely they would send you a wire that was broken.
Good point. I guess it would make more sense to disconnect one end of a wire and then measure the voltage between the wire and the point you'd connect it at. That'll tell you how much good that particular wire is doing. Unless you guys already checked that.
 
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mazdamn02

Guest
I decided to figure out what all this grounding kit is about, here's the results!

 

YSOSLO

is the word, beotch
Pete just to let you know you are not trying to measure the ohms with the car off. That should be 0 or else your battery would be dead all the time. You want to check it with the car running and just pick random spots and check that. Like anything that is bare metal on the car.

Place the positive (red end) of the meter on the positive terminal then put the negative end (black) end on any thing you want. Have the meter set to measure volts. You car has a 12 volt system but it will most likely be more then that (around 13-14 volts).
The engine was idling when I tested it last night, so I did that part right. I started out measuring Volts, but remembered Nate's meter reading .000 rather than the numbers I was getting, so I re-tested. I scribbled over the numbers a bit, but this is what I had at the points shown previously.

Without kit:

A = 5.2
B = 13.2
C = 17.0
D = 18.0
E = 17.6
F = 18.6

With kit:

A = .8
B = 3.9
C = 6.3
D = 6.5
E = 5.5
F = .1

If these numbers make no sense, I'll be sure to let you guys know well ahead of time when I'll be at the next Porky's meet so you can bring your own tester(s) and we can test it as a group with and without, so everyone can see what we're talking about and whether it's accomplishing what I think it accomplishes.

I'll have to try the method Nate mentions above this weekend and I'll post what I find. Also, off topic a bit, but if anyone that has any experience installing new springs has some free time Sunday, I'd love some help getting my new ones installed. My brother's coming up from Eau Claire, but I'm not sure how much experience he's had with springs (otherwise he's a backyard grease monkey). PM me if you're interested. Thanks
 
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