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Build 32. Battery Connection

This was fairly straight forward. I have the master cut off switch and this means I have 2 positive leads in the engine bay, one labelled with a B and the other and S. The B goes to the battery and the S goes to the starter motor. There is nothing more to it on the positive side than that.

As for the earth leads, I had two to place, one goes from the battery to the engine the manual recommends going to one of the bell housing bolts at the top however I chose to attach mine where the starter motor is bolted as it meant I could torque it up to the required setting without damaging the earth lead. The other goes directly to the chassis just next to the battery. I used an M8x20mm and some washers from the "Misc Fastener Pack" to do this.

Once I was happy with it all, I cable tied everything up at this end of the engine bay, here is what it should look like when done, I'm pointing to the chassis earth here.