On Feb 10, 7:06 am, Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Hello All:

Yeah Scott is right here. In my Ford Truck I connected the Battery
Ground to the fender, then ran a braid wire to the firewall, and then to
the Hood. That made a big difference, in reducing RF Hash Noises from
the Ignition System.

Jay in the Mojave



Scott in Baltimore wrote:
And connect the chassis to the frame to the battery...

Those ground straps and their connections go bad!
Any sideband radio has better filters then an AM only radio.- Hide quoted text -

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Jay, Mr. Faraday would be proud of you.

www.telstar-electronics.com

Hello TE:

I don't think Mr. Faraday had anything to do with it. Is that guy on
channel 12, and goes by Fright Hauler? Has a Cobra 148 and Texas Star
500, and has duel whip antennas?!?!?!

Well anyway grounding the fender, firewall, and hood was a significant
improvement in reducing the ignition noise. I also ran new shielded
wiring for the Ignition Modular, and that didn't help as much. Oh yeah I
also added on copper tape (from the TRW Swap Meet) applied a 1/2 inch
width of the copper tape every 3 to 4 inches on the center distributor
wire, this was also a big help.

I have a Motorola Radio in the Truck, and its has a really neat noise
canceling circuit in it.

And another noise reduction idea, would be a Clear Speech External
Speaker with DSP Noise Reduction. Yeahs its 200 dollars, but if ya want
to play ya gotto pay.

I know guys fight the noise coming from a noise fuel pump in the plastic
gas tank. I would wrap the plastic tank with wire, and add in a power
lead filter.

Jay in the Great Mojave Desert, ....just down the road ah ways from the
fillin station.




Telstar Electronics wrote:
On Feb 10, 7:06 am, Jay in the Mojave wrote:

Hello All:

Yeah Scott is right here. In my Ford Truck I connected the Battery
Ground to the fender, then ran a braid wire to the firewall, and then to
the Hood. That made a big difference, in reducing RF Hash Noises from
the Ignition System.

Jay in the Mojave



Scott in Baltimore wrote:

And connect the chassis to the frame to the battery...

Those ground straps and their connections go bad!
Any sideband radio has better filters then an AM only radio.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Jay, Mr. Faraday would be proud of you.

www.telstar-electronics.com

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/rficar.html

hope this helps.

Jay in the Mojave

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:00:31 -0800, Jay in the Mojave
wrote in :

Hello TE:

I don't think Mr. Faraday had anything to do with it. Is that guy on
channel 12, and goes by Fright Hauler? Has a Cobra 148 and Texas Star
500, and has duel whip antennas?!?!?!

Well anyway grounding the fender, firewall, and hood was a significant
improvement in reducing the ignition noise. I also ran new shielded
wiring for the Ignition Modular, and that didn't help as much. Oh yeah I
also added on copper tape (from the TRW Swap Meet) applied a 1/2 inch
width of the copper tape every 3 to 4 inches on the center distributor
wire, this was also a big help.

I have a Motorola Radio in the Truck, and its has a really neat noise
canceling circuit in it.

And another noise reduction idea, would be a Clear Speech External
Speaker with DSP Noise Reduction. Yeahs its 200 dollars, but if ya want
to play ya gotto pay.

I know guys fight the noise coming from a noise fuel pump in the plastic
gas tank. I would wrap the plastic tank with wire, and add in a power
lead filter.


Just get a different truck. Then you won't have to deal with the
bass-ackwards electrical system, the characteristic cancer above the
fender wells, rebuilding the CV joints on the dual I-beams (a major
PITA), or that annoying and mysterious 'clunk' that sometimes appears
after 100k or so.

Yea, Thank you for the article on the noise problems. As well as the
opinions. I know from having both a S-10 a long time ago and owning a
Ranger now that the Ford is way worse on noise. The needle was running
on the quiet side of no less than a 5 ever. Now I have it down to 2
threw 2.5 when it's all quiet. Soon as this weather decides what its
going to do here in WV I'm going to try to get things done to quiet it
down further. I appreciate it. TY