Not always the coil will work even if it is connected backwards. Look
at the inside diameter of the battery terminals the smaller terminal
is the negative side of the battery.
Why are you worried about which way it was. It does not matter to the
car which way it goes.
Originally the car would have been positive ground. We convert most
cars over to Negative ground for convience, that way if you have a
power supply for a cell phone or GPS it isnt a problem
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Ron Ray wrote:
> 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
> ====
> At 12:05 PM 7/14/2011, Ron Ray wrote:
>> Chris,
>>
>> I should have mentioned that there is no batter in the car.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> Ronald J. Ray, RA, CCS, CCCA
>>
>> Ray and Associates
>> 811 West 35th Street
>> Kansas City, Missouri 64111
>> tel: 816-531-2707
>> fax: 816-753-0285
>> ronald-ray at sbcglobal.net
>>
>> 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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