I appreciate the input. I looked at the wire from the fusebox and thought the same thing about re-routing it but it was getting late and I did not want to rip things apart in the dark and have a time getting things back together and royally mess things up. And the short chassis ground was the ground lead I was refering to. I just wanted to make sure noone else had any issues with ground points if you had to change them to make things work. I was also concerned about one of the battery leads being a fusable link. If so I did not want to mess with that a sit would cause major issues down the road if I had an internal short from my harness to the battery.

I think the re-route through the fuse housing is the way I will go. I was kind of looking to plan the wiring to accomodate a dual battery setup as well when I get to that later on, so I need to see where it will go under-hood. I figured a little planning now will same me a lot of time later when I get to the dual battery setup. The alternator is next after looking in the tech archives. May need a little more juice when all is said and done.

Thanks again guys for the input. I'll let you know how it turns out. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Ricochet