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Originally Posted by Terry,OH
Battery is grounded to the firewall and there is a second ground on the firewall to the engine head stud.
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OK. Just went through lots of flathead engine compartment pictures on eBay and did what I should have done first, looked it up in the EFV8 club 41-48 Ford book.
Of course you are right.
"Three threaded studs for ground strap are swaged into the firewall. As the battery on a 6-cylinder car is on the driver's side, while the V-8 battery is on the passenger side, two studs are provided, one of which will be unused on any particular car.
A third ground stud is located near the lower center of the firewall for a ground strap that will connect to the engine via a convenient head or manifold bolt."
Located both the 6-cylinder and engine ground studs. Never noticed them before. No engine ground strap. One more thing not done right by the previous owner(s). Before I even get my hands dirty messing with the starter bolts, I'll buy and install that firewall to head/manifold strap.
Not my car, but here's a picture from something on eBay. I see the engine ground strap just to the right of the starter solenoid. Looks like it's connected at a head bolt but a little blurry.
