Aloha mates,

Where does this wire connect to?

 

Welcome to the Ranger Forum Ridick_bowen

I would say hood. If you have a hood light. It is connected to ground. The frame. Is there a spot near to attach it to the engine? But the engine is grounded by the way it installs. The engine is bolted to the frame. Does all your electronic stuff work? Does it run good? If so I would just forget about it. Thats my opinion. Up to you. Others might have other ideas and opinions.
Jim

 

All my electronics seem to work with the exception of my cargo lights. The truck runs like crap. I average about 10-12 mpg and everything is stock.

I believe the wire should be connected to the motor/block somewhere but I'm not positive.

 

Is the only crap the MPG? Or. Is the idle out of control. The engine sputtering and back firing? That kind of crap. Have you opened the third brake light up yet? The bulbs burn out. I had to replace the 6 major lights in my instrument panel.

Jim

 

Everything else seems fine. I just swapped the bulbs in that third light panel and the tail light works great.

 

Ridick

Very cool. I would just let it be. The engine is grounded to the frame by the frame mounts. Metal on metal connection is how the engine is held down. Otherwise it would jump out. From the explosions inside the cylinders. So your engine is grounded. You could use that for lights or things you might add to the truck that needs a ground lead.

Jim

 

I am doing that exact ground it's on the back of engine on the drivers side in the almost middle but just below.I apologize I don't know exactly the way to lingo it but it's not an easy spot to get to it took me about an hour just to trace it down to where it went that's why there's a good amount on your ground it goes down farther than you would first believe.I hope that little bit helps

 

It connects to the engine block just beneath the the valve covers and above the transmission. There's a bolt that goes in there (About an inch long)

 

I’ve got the same issue when replacing the motor this ground wasn’t hooked back up. The bolt on the engine block isn’t there. What size bolt is it?