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General Category => Frazer Forum => Topic started by: FrazerWill on June 02, 2011, 03:43:42 PM

Title: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: FrazerWill on June 02, 2011, 03:43:42 PM

Where does the ground wire off the battery hook up on my 49 Frazer???

Title: Re: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: joefrazer on June 02, 2011, 03:50:58 PM

There should be a short ground strap below your generator that has one side attached to the front engine plate and the other to the frame. The battery ground uses the same bolt/nut that holds the small ground strap to the engine plate. This is the same plate that the front motor mounts are attached to.

Title: Re: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: FrazerWill on June 02, 2011, 04:26:07 PM

Thanks I see it now...right where I took it off...

Now is there an easy way to use the starter button & key in the car to start it and...Have the rest of the car "NOT" powered up?

My wiring kinda needs work and I don't have that much black tape...LOL

Title: Re: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: FrazerWill on June 02, 2011, 05:47:33 PM

She woke up again !!

  I used a jumper wires to power up the coil and with my new cables from NAPA (#1 wire but not the right ends) little gas in the carb and she started right up. Kaiser Bill helped me about a year ago get it running the first time, after it had been sitting for years.

NEXT: rebuild the carb..


Anyone ever use a big fuze (like the ones for the new aftermarket car stereos) from the starter solenoid to protect the rest of the old wiring?

Title: Re: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on July 17, 2011, 08:36:50 AM

There is an Auto-Lite branded 6 volt solenoid (NOS not current production) that has a plunger button on it.  I had one on the 1951 Kaiser Business Coupe Barbara and I had.  Worked good if I was trying to walk back through ignition problems or carb issues.  Same side and terminals as the without.  It would work on a 1949 model year K-F product.  Check swap meets for vendors with older electrical parts. 

Title: Re: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: HJ-ETEX on July 17, 2011, 07:06:14 PM

I have seen a number (and owned a few) of Stude Champion 6s with the push button solenoid for Auto Lite starters that Jack describes. Most people would not need such a device but if you tinker with your car, you would would think it quite clever. 

Title: Re: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: HJ-ETEX on July 17, 2011, 07:13:45 PM

FrazerWill: Do you remember there is a 30 amp circuit breaker on the back of the headlight switch? You don't need any extra fuses from the battery to the breaker - you just need good wire. If you aren't doing a restoration that means 10G PVC wire.

Title: Re: Ground Wire Hook-up 49 Frazer
Post by: HJ-ETEX on July 17, 2011, 07:33:48 PM

Speaking about fuses... I have a 1984 Dodge 150 1/2T truck that didn't run when I got it BECAUSE the power tap from the battery has 4 fuseable links (the plastic assembly looks like a cartoon hand) of which 2 links were blown. I had fix the wiring to get it running and I seemed to be in a good mood at the time because I made an effort to sort of restore it. A fuseable link in car wiring is usually a length of aluminum wire that will heat up and melt when excessive amps pass across that wire. I previously had a 73 Plymouth Duster that had a blown fuseable link but there was just 1 on that car and it actually had a tab on it to identify it and it was at the bulkhead/firewall connection. I don't like fuseable links because they are almost always hidden in the wiring.