Unknown Broken Wire? What does this do!!??

Can’t find anything online, discovered a broken hard wire that connects down the the frame, looks like it’s been broken for a while, any ideas what this is? it’s one of those hard stiff metal lines.

 

This one?



Looks like a ground wire that connects to the terminal right under it that doesn't have a wire on it.

 

Looks like alternator/engine to chassis ground wire. I guess if you haven’t noticed any problems, you’re lucky. There have been a lot of electrical gremlins traced back to bad grounds. Fortunately looks like an easy fix. Possibly even enough slack to strip back and crimp on new eye and put in the same spot.

*edit*^^^ What @DG92071 said. Shit I type slow.

 

It will be a little bit.
But I can go out and take a look at mine later, if no one knows before I get home.

 

Just a broken ground wire. Recrimp a new terminal and bolt back in place.

 

Can solder it if you have that stuff and don't have a crimper.

 

A good set of lineman pliers and a gorilla squeeze with a grunt. Call it good.

 

thanks all, not to confident with electrical work. is there wires within the metal? or is that just the wire that acts as the ground?

would i need to cut metal back to expose wire and connect to new terminal or simply just bend that hard metal wire and crimp to a new terminal

 

I would just install a new terminal end on the existing wire.

 

That is exactly how I’d do it.
Walmart even has them.

 

The vehicle chassis is the ground. If you look at your battery there's a cable running from the negative terminal that bolts to the body by the fender.