[Fot] electrical gremlins...wtf?

[Nick Black]

OK, so i replaced the battery with a Deka small unit in the duke of oil (TR4A), and installed a new gear reduction starter at the same time. everything seemed both hunky and dory. car started right up and sounded normal, then i noticed that when revved, the ammeter showed progressing discharge! ammeter was at about zero until revved when it went further into the negative amps (to about -15amps) with the increasing revs, much like it would when charging except showing a discharge. i double checked that the batt was in with neg ground (its been neg ground for years). i even checked the polarity with a voltmeter and the batt markings were correct! wtf has happened here? I can re-polarize the generator and im guessing all will be well, but how did this occur?
baffled again in norcalnick
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