[Stang_ROTY]

Rich D,

Thanks for the comments. I'm holding the DMM at the copper between the terminal and the rubber surrounding the wire. There's just enough wire exposed for me to get a reading. To answer the question about the gauage wire, yes it is small. Well, smaller than the positive battery cable running up to the front of the car. So based on this do you think that it might be the actual wire itself that's the culprit??

Now that I think about it guys....try this..it worked for me. I took a negative lead from a jumper cable and attached it to my negative terminal. I then attached the other end to my parachute post which is welded obviously to the frame. She fired right up!! So based on this and the fact that the wire's short...maybe I've found the problem? Whatcha think?

thx-

Originally posted by richd
Stang_ROTY:

You shouldn't be getting any negative voltages. Are you holding the negative DMM wire on the battery? If not, then just reverse the leads.

At any rate, anything near 2 volts is way too much voltage between the negative post and ANY ground point. What guage wire are you using for your grounds? I suspect either the wire isn't beefy enough or your grounding points aren't making good contact. Seems the latter might be more likely based on what you saw after sanding. Check your crimps also.

Good luck,

Rich D.