a_d_a_m

This is pissing me off...

I have just finished up wiring a 96 Mazda Protege.

I ran the power wire to the batt all the way to the trunk.
I polished off a 2*2" area of the trunk floor and drilled a hole and bolted in my ground wire (also 4ga)

It seems that I'm not completing the circuit. When I put the ground + power together and strike them together I don't get any spark.

I had some lengths of 8ga wire so I ran that to the battery negative and striked that wire against the power that I wired... sure enough it blew the AGU fuse so I know that my power wire is good.

The stock ground at the batt is working fine since my deck powers up just fine and the car is running perfectly too... so no problem there.

This leads me to believe that it is 100% the problem of the ground. The ground cable is crimped perfectly and there are no breaks in it either. In the trunk I drilled through on the left side and you can see into the wheelwell so I am pretty damn sure that I am not drilling into some plastic piece to make my ground... LOL. Where the funk am I supposed to ground it then?

[ February 15, 2004, 01:27 PM: Message edited by: fivelitermustang ]

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I have never tested a ground the way you did, do you have a multimeter? I think a good ground should read .5 ohms or less, on the ohmmeter section. Is the power wire fused at the front? Also, what did you screw the ground wire down with? A self tapping screw with a star washer underneath is usually the best way, or maybe a nut and bolt, if you can get a wrench behind to tighten it up. Good luck, let us know how it turned out.

[ February 15, 2004, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: JeepBeats ]

a_d_a_m

The ground consists of a 4ga monster cable ~3ft long. It is crimped on one end with a ring connector. I drilled a hole in the part of the trunk above the wheelwell and screwed the ground down with a 1/2" #10 screw with a large washer on top of it. The gold ring was making full contact with the part of the trunk which I sanded.

Do you think the ground is not working because it is too long?

B

length doesn't matter (at least no here)

did you break out the multimeter, or simple test light?

a_d_a_m

No I didn't because I don't have either..

I do know FOR SURE that they power wire is absolutely fine because that was tested.

The ground is messed up somewhere...

a_d_a_m

Like I said I don't own a multimeter... it was like 2am yesterday and where am I going to go to buy one at 2am?

And you're probably thinking this but I don't do a half assed job when installing ****.

soLoRed

maybe you put that big *** long power wire on the neg of the battery terminal?? (of the battery)

or your tryin to ground on plastic with plastic screws i dont know

ahha

-db

pinhead

i was thinking of suggesting a welding course