Neutral "pods"

FiatJim · Post by **FiatJim** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:33 pm

I have read numerous messages about making sure that the contact is "good" at the ground pods. I assume these are where several ground wires meet the chassis/frame. Sorry for the newbie question, but where are these pods?

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:26 pm

What year is your car?
Ron

georgeramos · Post by **georgeramos** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:12 pm

same question, 1971 spider...

thanks

George

FiatJim · Post by **FiatJim** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:30 pm

It is a '70 spider.

azruss · Post by **azruss** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:51 pm

70s did not have ground pods.

FiatJim · Post by **FiatJim** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:38 am

Thank you - Now, that is good to know,... I was looking and looking,.. I thought: "these should be easy to find - just look for a bunch of wires attached to the body!"

I have now moved from thinking I was a "complete dolt" to "persistently clueless"!

Jim

courtenay · Post by **courtenay** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:49 am

Congratulations, Jim. "Persistently clueless" is pretty good! I know because I've been there for a very long time. I'm hoping that once I successfully replace my Guibo I can move up to "somewhat challenged".

kmac33 · Post by **kmac33** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:08 am

Jim and George,
Even though our early Spiders do not have the "ground pods", It is pretty common to have ground issues due to corrosion at the ground points or on the connector. When doing my restoration, I found a number of "questionable" grounding points that I ended up refreshing by replacing the end contact, re-drilling the hole into the metal with a slightly bigger size and applying die-electric grease on the screw before securing the ground.

FiatJim · Post by **FiatJim** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:16 pm

Thanks for the encouragement! It is appreciated. I must admit to hoping I could spend tie & effort at a single spot and get many grounds done better,.... but that would be too easy

So this spring it will be a day of tracing a wire back, cleaning, re-attaching as needed and then move onto the next one.

It could be worse though,.. I could be working on a MG!

geert · Post by **geert** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:53 am

FiatJim wrote:Thanks for the encouragement! It is appreciated. I must admit to hoping I could spend tie & effort at a single spot and get many grounds done better,.... but that would be too easy
So this spring it will be a day of tracing a wire back, cleaning, re-attaching as needed and then move onto the next one.

no reason not to 'collect' your black wires to 1 or 2 points and making a good ground with cleaning, new bolt, removing paint and using washers.

FiatJim wrote:
It could be worse though,.. I could be working on a MG!

and it can be even worse : some English say : "I'd rather push a MG than drive a Triumph"

,
well, English cars are no longer what they were since they put the ground on the negative site

, luckily they still use Lucas.

groeten, Geert.

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