Brian,
I regret I have to disagree. I know I'm getting old and my memory is
disappearing, but I never saw a positive earth M.G. before WWII and I worked
on several. Do you have some wiring diagrams to prove the rest of us are
wrong?
Cheers, "Bob".
> From: "Brian J Rainbow" <brian@brianjrainbow.free-online.co.uk>
> Reply-To: "Brian J Rainbow" <brian@brianjrainbow.free-online.co.uk>
> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:49:10 -0000
> To: "Mike Hughes" <hughes.c.m@worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: MMMs are Negative Earth
>
> Mike,
> the P Types, N Types, TA/B/C/D/F were all positive earth, as were
> the MGA's...Early MGB's were also positive earth until 1968(?) when they
> switched from a dynamo to an alternator and converted to negative earth...
> Don't believe these guys when they say all MMM are negative earth.... Mind
> you quite a lot of MMM cars have been converted to negative earth so that
> they can run an alternator driven off the back axle. and just have a dummy
> dymamo with thicker shaft to take the drive from crankshaft to camshaft.....
> This will no doubt upset the purists, but have a nose under the rear of a
> few well presented MMM cars next time you are at a large gathering!! It sure
> makes them a lot more usable, especially at night with decent halogen
> headlamp bulbs and uprated rear lamp bulbs, better to be safe than sorry...
>
> Best wishes, Brian Rainbow PA0777 and TA2551
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Hughes <hughes.c.m@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: MMMs are Negative Earth
>
>
>> Thanks for all the responses. My L-1 wiring diagram is almost unreadable
> as
>> it is a copy of a copy of a copy.... Does this mean that my TA is
> Negative
>> earth also?
>>
>> I will have to come up with a new motto. I keep on telling all my
> friends
>> who have newer M.G.s with alternators or who have changed their older cars
>> over to negative ground that "Positive Earth is a state of mind!"
>>
>> - Mike Hughes -t?t-
>>
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