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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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Ok, i will have a lot of questions so please bare with me. I have an 84 gs and i need to know which battery cable is which, on has a yellowish stripe, and the other has 2 wires both flat black. Which is which?
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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the one with the yellow stripe is part of your ground, that i know for a fact, i just dont know where it goes... but i know you can check the cables with a ommeter...im not much help, but i did help a little
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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so your saying the cable with the yellow stripe is the neg.?
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:45 PM
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no its not the accual neg cable, its part of it, if it wasnt raining, id go take a pic. but why dont u search for engine bay pics, and see where it goes... it should be connected to the neg cable if im not mistaken
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:45 PM
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yes the yellow strip cable is negative the two black go to the positive post .
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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thanks so much
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:22 PM
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ok another question, where can i find new doorpanels and dash, cuz i want a new color scheme?
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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the for sale section, i accually painted my dash and console tonite, from brown to grey, ill post pics tomorrow
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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what type of paint did u use and how much was it? daballa631 if u have aim
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 04:11 AM
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Easy way to tell is that the Negative ground goes straight from the battery terminal to the ground on the strut tower, while the positive cable has the little "piggy-back" that goes to the fusible links
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