While working on my GTX with motor removed for rebuild I noticed that the ground wire from the battery to the body was only connected with a few strands of wire. I decided to put a new end on it when I came across this issue. The bolt where the ground connects to the body is connected to one of those nuts that is stamped into the core support.
I noticed there was paint where the ground connection is that needed to be removed and after further investigation I see when you screw the bolt in all the way the nut is loose in the core support. No matter how tight you make the bolt the nut is still loose. This as we all know is an issue. I'm thinking about just drilling a new hole to mount the ground, unless this is not the correct location for the original ground. If there is someone with a 70 GTX or RR that can show me a picture where it is supposed to really be it would be much appreciated. This car has been wrecked at some time and things are not all installed as original or correct.
Here is the nut from the front side where you can see it is just stamped into the core support.
I noticed there was paint where the ground connection is that needed to be removed and after further investigation I see when you screw the bolt in all the way the nut is loose in the core support. No matter how tight you make the bolt the nut is still loose. This as we all know is an issue. I'm thinking about just drilling a new hole to mount the ground, unless this is not the correct location for the original ground. If there is someone with a 70 GTX or RR that can show me a picture where it is supposed to really be it would be much appreciated. This car has been wrecked at some time and things are not all installed as original or correct.
Here is the nut from the front side where you can see it is just stamped into the core support.
