Hey guys, brand new to the forum. I just have a quick question. I read somewhere that one of the wires connected to the battery should be bolted to the main frame of the van. Is that true, and if so which wire? Is it the yellow one with the arrow pointing to it in the picture I attached?

Thank you! Something is drawing power form my battery when the van is off and I want to see if this will help.

 

Yes, you need to make sure the battery negative, the body, the frame, and the engine block are all bonded together.

 

Thank you. So I should bolt the yellow wire to the van's frame?

 

Yes indeed.

 

i hope that clamp on the wire is temporary. leave it like it is and you will be working on it again in 6 mo. IMHO.

 

I've tried those post connectors before. They suck ! Just bite the bullet and get a new cable.

 

Sorry, could you explain? I have no idea what I'm doing, but I will talk to my mechanic about it. What do you mean? What kind of clamp should I get? Thank you.

 

What kind of clamp should I get? Thanks.

 

I believe he is talking about the crimped connection on the yellow wire. Most often that yellow connector is only crimped on, and that is not a good long-time physical or electrical connection when connectted to a battery that way. That yellow section needs to be taken off and the wire needs to be soldered to the connector to make a good electrical connection that will not fail over time.

Also sparkzz apperently does not like the battery connector that has been used on your battery. He suggests that you purchase a quality terminal. I HAVE used those types of battery terminals before without a problem. They key is to make sure you have a good clean connection to the cables, then use some petroleum jelly to protect the junction or use some spray contact cleaner where the wires meet the terminal to make sure that the connections do not corrode and cause problems.

Nobody can tell from your picture where the yellow wire goes.

aloro merely pointed out that a good wired connection should be maintained from the battery negative connector to the van body, and to the van frame and to the engine block. The OEM connections are prone to rust and decay, so you have to provide new, better connections to continue to allow your van to run correctly.

hope this helps you understand what they were trying to tell you

 

Yea I can't tell where the yellow wire goes either, but it turns out that the topmost wire in the picture is bolted to the frame, so I'm not sure what the yellow wire is yet.

But thank you, yes, that did help very much. Makes perfect sense. At first I thought they were talking about the battery post connector.