fisherchris

Well i was out in the boat today by yesterday, and the landing from a good sized wave broke the battery out of the nifty plastic battery tray from the factory. Unfortunately, I didn't notice in time to keep the weight of the battery from pulling the large gauge negative cable out from where it came.

I jury-rigged a ground to the engine block to get home. It looks like the negative cable was just ripped out.

It is a Baja 232 with a 496 Mag motor. Where does the negative wire attach and ground in the engine compartment??? I saw the positive (red) cables attaching, but for the life of me, I could not see where the ground wire came from.

It appears that the cable simply pulled out from the connector. If i can just find the other end, it should be a simple solder job to fix it as best I can tell.

Is this an easy do-it-yourself job or does it need a trip to the dealer to correct my mistake?

Liberator21

In every boat I've ever worked on, the negative cable attached to one of the bell housing bolts (usually a stud). Check back there.

fund razor

Yep.

You will probably find your connector on a bell housing bolt.

Once you find it, you should be able to replace it yourself. I would use a new connector. If you use a crimp on, make sure you crimp it with a 360 degree crimper.
And maybe back that up with a flow of solder down into the back of the connector.

Don't try to use pliers.

mr_velocity

Not sure if they changed but my old baja had the neg wire attached to the motor mount at the block.