[Xavier]

Geeez, that leaves me with more questions then answers...Mine is ran the same way - battery ground to rear frame, block to front frame. If the battery was bad, test would fail. Weather here has been miserably consistant for the last couple of weeks, 40's to 60'sF.

I think you are right about the pinion, if it got caught I can not see it burning up anything. Maybe hurting it mechanically though. Hell I am perplexed...We need to get more people on this thread. Call your friends...