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Hello, I'm currently having trouble with my battery on my 95 240sx not charging. It has an sr20det blacktop swap out of (i believe) a kouki s14. I recently just swapped alternators and the battery still wont charge so I want to go through all my grounds and check them. I cleaned and reattached the 8mm ground on the back of the alternator but still no luck. I only just notice that there is another wire hanging free in the engine bay, seeming to come from the same harness as that small ground on the rear of the alt, that to me looks like it has to be a ground as well (first picture seen below), although i could be wrong, wiring is for sure my weak point.
https://imgur.com/LdpSjMn
The next issue is something more obscure that ive been having a lot of trouble finding much of any info on. When I first had the car a few months back, i was picking over the engine bay and decided to replace some fuses to see if things would work better. I ended up destroying the main 100a fuse because i didn't know it was bolted in. Long story short, in the process of replacing that 100a, i ended up losing one of the two bolts (the right hand one connecting directly to the positive battery terminal).
https://imgur.com/fLbv75G
So what I did was just use a random bolt from my interior that happened to fit (thats the silver one, maybe from the inside of my door when i was removing speakers, I cant really remember). Anyway, after I installed that, the next time I drove it was when the car first showed signs of charging issues, so I feel like having a bolt made of the wrong material could be doing something fishy? again wiring is really not my strong suit so i just dont know whats plausible and whats not. Either way, I'd like to replace that bolt with one that is designed for this purpose, but i need to know what exactly I'm looking for. Its a 10mm from what I can remember but what material should I look for? Is there any rating system for how much current it can handle? any help with either of these issues would be much appreciated, This car is so close to running and i just want to get it fixed up for summer at this point.
https://imgur.com/LdpSjMn
The next issue is something more obscure that ive been having a lot of trouble finding much of any info on. When I first had the car a few months back, i was picking over the engine bay and decided to replace some fuses to see if things would work better. I ended up destroying the main 100a fuse because i didn't know it was bolted in. Long story short, in the process of replacing that 100a, i ended up losing one of the two bolts (the right hand one connecting directly to the positive battery terminal).
https://imgur.com/fLbv75G
So what I did was just use a random bolt from my interior that happened to fit (thats the silver one, maybe from the inside of my door when i was removing speakers, I cant really remember). Anyway, after I installed that, the next time I drove it was when the car first showed signs of charging issues, so I feel like having a bolt made of the wrong material could be doing something fishy? again wiring is really not my strong suit so i just dont know whats plausible and whats not. Either way, I'd like to replace that bolt with one that is designed for this purpose, but i need to know what exactly I'm looking for. Its a 10mm from what I can remember but what material should I look for? Is there any rating system for how much current it can handle? any help with either of these issues would be much appreciated, This car is so close to running and i just want to get it fixed up for summer at this point.