ok all
1999 885i Tiger
moving EVERYTHING from the 1999 frame to a 2000 frame (thanks to Bambi ambush = broke frame + broken motor mount)
motor mount repaired by an artist with a TIG
somehow I have "forgotten" where the 2 ground wires off the "power" harness (Alternator wiring, starter wiring, battery leads, solenoid) mount to!!!!!
I labeled it [alt grnd] thinking that would clue me, but a month later danged if'n I can recall what bolt this ring lug originally lived under!!!
this is a black wire and a black / green wire that both are crimped into a ring lug.
basically. this is the main ground for the electrical system.
I have the external 40A alternator.
Help???
I'd love to get it back where it belongs, and not just pick a good point to ground it and have issues later.
thanks in advance
Are you talking about the big ground lug that bolts to the centre of the engine / gearbox? The hole for that bolt is on top of the gearbox, roughly on the centreline of the engine, just forward of the centre line of the chain sprocket.
ok after a short break I went back down to the garage
got overwhelmed before I guess
checked alternator bolts for tightness, ta-daaa one was just snug
knew it had to be on the alternator case for best ground
also found it in the trumpet manual p 16.12
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff86/xtphreak/Tigger/alternatorinstall.jpg)
dum-da-dumdum
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff86/xtphreak/Tigger/altbolt.jpg)
looks like this now
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff86/xtphreak/Tigger/tigerprogress.jpg)
thanks for the time out break while posting
Bixxer Bob I'm guessing you're thinking of a 955i??
thanks anyway