V1 Engine Bay Ground Stud Broke

[Robinjo]

My engine bay ground stud (under the fuse box location) broke I tied into the bolt holding the lower part of the fuse box, but am concerned with it. Is this adequate or should I be looking to ground somewhere else? Any suggestions if so?

 

[Gtstorey]

as posted in your build thread;
Grounding stud; I probably would not include it under the same bolt as the plastic fuse box, that will make it hard to tighten it down enough.
You could use a piece of all thread with a 3 nuts and some washers on it through that hole, with one of the nuts between the plastic and the frame, if the fuse box will raise up 1/2". Them put the grounding connector below the frame. Or clean the powder coating off one of the extra holes where the transmission mounts and use a another bolt.

 

[Sluggonaut]

I would put it between the nut and frame under that hole. Make sure you remove the powder coating and get good metal-to-metal contact.

 

[Ark :D]

I'm with @Gtstorey on this one. To tighten down that bolt adequately would (most likely) crack/break the plastic fuse box. I'd pick a different bolt, one that's all metal-to-metal. I would avoid the motor mount bolts, too, though one of those would probably work fine.

 

[Robinjo]

Ok, thanks all. I'll give it a shot. I do have a couple of bolt holes in the region that I can clean up and bolt to.

 

[Robinjo]

Just to finish this off, I got the new stud installed. I drilled a hole into the transmission mount plate under the fuse box, cleaned the paint off the spot for the nut (doesn't show in the photo) and bolted in a stud. The trans mounting plat is sandwiched between a bolt and nut and then the ground wires are sandwiched between the nut and another nut.