Approximately 9/20/03 21:59, William Oliveri uttered for posterity:

> 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?

NEVER ground ANYTHING that is attached to the positive lead on
your battery unless you are driving an old british sports car
or are trying to destroy the battery and the wire.

The negative side of the battery will have at least one great big
huge ground. It will also often have a spaghetti of smaller
ground leads used for RFI taps.