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gosailmolly Jerry Orr
Burnsville, MN, USA   USA
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Where does the right side tranny ground attach to the body. Put the tranny back in my 75 B today and can not see where it attaches. Tranny end is secured on square tranny mount. The other end goes to............

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dickmoritz Platinum Member Dick Moritz
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In reply to # 2748978 by gosailmolly Where does the right side tranny ground attach to the body. Put the tranny back in my 75 B today and can not see where it attaches. Tranny end is secured on square tranny mount. The other end goes to............

the underside of the bracket on the cross member where the stud sticks through...

Dick


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gosailmolly Jerry Orr
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Dick:

The only possible connection I see is to put the end over the tranny mount stud on that side ?

Under the nut that is accessible through the hole in the crossmember.

Sorry to be a bit slow


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Grahamhaber Graham Haber
Dingman Township. Pa., NYC,New York, USA   USA
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You just need to bridge the rubber mount. So one side connected to the transmission side of the mount the other side is connected to the cross member where the rubber mount bolts to the cross member. You will need to unbolt at least one side of the crossmember.

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Graham

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dickmoritz Platinum Member Dick Moritz
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In reply to # 2749135 by gosailmolly Dick:

The only possible connection I see is to put the end over the tranny mount stud on that side ?

Under the nut that is accessible through the hole in the crossmember.

Sorry to be a bit slow

Yes, That's correct, Jerry. You can disconnect one side of the cross member and reach in from the end with a long extension and a 1/2 inch wobble socket to remove the nut from the stud. Then just lift off the lock washer, put the ground strap on the stud, and reinstall the lock washer and nut. This provides a metal path for the electrons to follow, which otherwise would be insulated by the rubber gearbox mount.

Easy-peasy... smileys with beer

Dick


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gosailmolly Jerry Orr
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There we have it then.

Thanks

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gosailmolly Jerry Orr
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I knew there was a functional part of the story somewhere. Good to know the "why".

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smileys with beer

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