Similar situation back in 1963. A friend had a 60 F%^d Falcon.
Left the light switch on for a week and totally drained the
battery. Mistakenly hooked up the battery charger backwards.
The battery took the (backwards) charge changing the system
to a positive ground system. Everything on the car worked
(at least as well as any 60 F$%d Falcon worked) except the
radio. It took us a long time to figure out that the whole
system was inverted. Once we did, we left the lights on for
two days, charged the battery back up the right way and
the Falcon was as good as ever. The radio had a series diode
in the power input lead which blocked reverse polarity to
prevent damage to the radio.
-----Original Message-----
From: Blaine & Maggie Dumkee [mailto:bmdumkee@auroranet.nt.ca]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:52 PM
To: oletrucks
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] RE: oletrucks-digest V2 #1091
When I bought my 59 GMC it was hooked up backwards (positive ground) BUT it
still ran. I drove it home before I even picked up on this fact. Always
amazed me that it would start when hooked up backwards?
Blaine Dumkee
59 GMC 9314
Fort Smith NT
Canada
http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/wayne/blaine59.jpg
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Halton <safesix@earthlink.net>
To: Scott Rice - ATCX <srice@mail.maricopa.gov>;
owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net <owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net>;
oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] RE: oletrucks-digest V2 #1091
That's correct, the positive ground issue only pertains to GMC's up to 55 or
so.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Rice - ATCX" <srice@mail.maricopa.gov>
To: <owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net>; <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] RE: oletrucks-digest V2 #1091
> While reading today's mail regarding positive ground VS negative ground, I
> got rather confused and am now wondering if I have by battery connected
> correctly. I am running an original 6 volt system in my 54 3600, the
> positive is going to the starter and the negative to the frame, is this
> correct?
>
> Scott
> 54 3600
> Phx AZ
>
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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