Thanks Peter,
The + side of the coil is going to the points, so the car is still positive
ground.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Caldwell [mailto:peter at nosimport.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:47 PM
To: Ron Ray
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Grounding
If the coil was wired correctly, then the ground should be the wire
going to the points, and the coil will show + or -.
Several if's there, though.
Peter C
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At 12:05 PM 7/14/2011, Ron Ray wrote:
>Chris,
>
>I should have mentioned that there is no batter in the car.
>
>Ron
>
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>
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>
>From: Chris Dimmock [Healey] [mailto:austin.healey at gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:57 AM
>To: Ron Ray
>Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Grounding
>
>Look closely at the battery - the terminals on the battery should indicate
>which terminal is + and which is -
>Then it's just looking to see which battery cable connects to earth/ground.
>If the negative terminal on the battery connects to earth - its negative
>earth.
>If the positive terminal on the battery connects to earth - its positive
>earth.
>
>Best
>
>Chris
>On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Ron Ray <ronald-ray at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Folks,
>
>Is there any way to tell if a car is positive or negative ground?
>The previous owner used a red positive battery cable for both the positive
>and ground cables.
>
>Thanks,
> Ron
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