Battery Terminal Wiring on a 1974 Car

Steve,

That wire should go directly to the ammeter.  71's were different.  

John

Thanks John

I bought this car a year or two ago and it has had a problem with hot restarts since I got it running.  I thought the source of the problem was old connections on the battery cable and decided to fix or replace each junction.  The first fix was the positive battery terminal as seen above and, wow, what an improvement.  The starter sounded like it was on steroids upon the first cold start.  The terminal might have been the primary issue but I will disassemble, inspect, clean, and repair (if needed) the junctions at the solenoid, the starter, and the chassis ground on the ZF.

I ran into a similar situation. I put an additional ground on the bolt of the cross member over the transaxle and the engine block. Just a thought.

I replaced the original ground cable with this one when I first got the car.  I just went back and cleaned the lugs where it bolts to the transaxle and the chassis.

I still need to test the hot restart problem.

Today I was able to verify that the hot restart problem is fixed.  I think the main issue was the positive battery terminal.  It looks like someone replaced the factory terminal twenty or thirty years ago.  Much of the copper wire was discolored.  I cut off about 3/4 of inch of copper (maybe less), removed some insulation, and installed the new terminal.  It is nice that hot restarts are no longer an issue.