Hi all
I need to make the extra battery negative to the side of the starter motor (cold day today on start up gave a HDC fault for the wife)

I am at work and have lugs and cable.
any one know what length to make it and what size pug holes it is on the battery and on the gearbox bolt?

Cheers

This is from memory I think one end is 10mm and the other 13mm my cable was about 15 to 18 inch long yes I go metric to imperial

Thanks you .
I guessing 13mm socket

Yes.

Perfect.
I have nabbed the crimper from work for the weekend.
I have cable and various lugs.

Its a job been meaning to do for ages..

The cable and a well charged battery sorts out a lot of things,I’ve remembered my cables was quite thick and I filed a bit of the plastic battery cover out and refitted the rubber grommet.

A simple quick SEARCH from previous posts found this .....

earth cable

I bought a 36" black 170Amp cable with 8mm and 10mm ring terminals from Ebay for £7.85 delivered.

I attached one end to a threaded hole on the top of the autobox (middle of pic below), as that was easy to get at, and the other end on the earth terminal up behind the battery.



Attaching to a starter motor bolt might be better in theory but its more awkward to get to and the gearbox is in good electrical contact with engine. And the hole is crying out for something Very Happy

Jules


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If nothing else it’ll stop the gearbox falling out when the mounts fail  Regards

David

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Largered wrote:

A simple quick SEARCH from previous posts found this .....

earth cable

I bought a 36" black 170Amp cable with 8mm and 10mm ring terminals from Ebay for £7.85 delivered.

I attached one end to a threaded hole on the top of the autobox (middle of pic below), as that was easy to get at, and the other end on the earth terminal up behind the battery.



Attaching to a starter motor bolt might be better in theory but its more awkward to get to and the gearbox is in good electrical contact with engine. And the hole is crying out for something Very Happy

Jules


The SEARCH button is a mine of information ..... IF USED!!
.

Yeah........that "trans" hole looks in dire need, so shiny and clean.

If you think the earth to starter is tricky in the UK's most common diesel engines, for the si6 negative ground to starter bolt is a wee bit challenging......of course, it's likely simply redundant .

I put the extra earth lead between the batt -ve (surprise, surprise) and a spare bolt on the engine head, this is on the i6 engine.

No idea if it does any good whatsoever but for about £10 why not? Regards

David

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Path of least resistance ........... would be the starter motor fixing bolt. As that is the item you are trying to improve an electrical supply to !
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Of course but even you didn’t do that......anyway too old to roll around under a car nowadays  Regards

David

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My vehicle had the earth strap already fitted by LR dealer on buying.

The write up I show is one from another forum member (jules)
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Is it an official LR fix then? Regards

David

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