Fuel sender/fuel tank ground?
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Re: Fuel sender/fuel tank ground?
Originally Posted by mhawkins48
Battery is fine as is engine block, whatever works out neatest.
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Re: Fuel sender/fuel tank ground?
Very good! Thanks for your help mark. The battery is closer, it's actually under a molded in back bench seat and not in the engine compartment. thanks again!
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Re: Fuel sender/fuel tank ground?
ok, That's what I was getting at. why do you do that? I assume just out of convenience but is it more unsafe to ground directly to the battery if you wire it to the correct(negative-black) terminal?
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Last edited by JGB; 09-24-2004 at 11:45 AM.
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Re: Fuel sender/fuel tank ground?
Originally Posted by JGB
I can just as easily run the wire back to the dash. Could I ground it directly to the fuel gauge ground?
Yes, but what you don't want is any chance of having somebody connect 12v+ someday instead of 12v-, especially if it has another ground as well.
BOOM.
That's what Mark was getting at.
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Re: Fuel sender/fuel tank ground?
Originally Posted by JGB
I can just as easily run the wire back to the dash. Could I ground it directly to the fuel gauge ground?
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