Question on the engine ground, air pump

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Originally Posted by Rotary Evolution

you may be better rebuilding the original ground cable. it generally is bolted to either the upper starter bolt or to the bellhousing bolt just behind the oil filter pedestal.

the reason for rebuilding the original harness is that the ground cable has a chassis ground at the LF strut tower which is also critical to a good grounding system. the foot for that connection is not very easy to replicate or find aftermarket.

The ground mentioned in aaroncake's RX-7 grounding article. Not looking forward to trying to get at that bolt. At leas that answers my question about hardware size, thanks.

Originally Posted by FRED

The title of your thread mentioned Air Pump, but I missed you question about the air pump. Is it a stealth question?

Yeah, I need to edit that out. Was going to ask about fab'ing a new air pump bracket (Lucy never came with one)