Dick

Absolutely NOT!! That isn't a ground wire. It's a positive feed to
something in the vehicle. The battery ground goes directly from the
NEGATIVE terminal to the vehicle chassis. Sometimes these get loose
and/or corroded. Check both ends. I had that problem in my '93 JGC.

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:59:02 -0700, "William Oliveri"
<wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
> I was working through my FSM trying to discover why my fuel guage is
>maxing out for a while and then coming back down after I tap on the guage.
>One of the steps says to check the battery ground. That is, from the
>positive lead there is another wire coming from it which should be grounded
>to something. I have one of those leads but it was never a ground as far as
>I can remember. Looks like it was attached to something with an inline
>fuse.
>
>Is this right? Should I be grounding the battery with this wire?
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>bill
>