A bad main ground wire

billcu

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On the way home from work yesterday, my 98 kept loosing electrical power. It was weird, all the dash lights would turn off, the heater and radio would turn off, then everything would turn back on again within a couple seconds. It was like the alternator was going out, except when that happens, the power doesn't come back.

I was on my way to a friends house, I was able to make it there, luckily. I checked the power wire from the battery to the starter, it looked fine. I suspected the ground wire from the battery to the motor mount, but that's nearly impossible to get to, so I made a jumper from an old harness, just to rule it out.

The Good: The jumper worked great.
The Bad: This is another wire I need to fix properly.
The Ugly: The photos of the jumper. :)
 

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