Terry,
I think that with the TR3 battery, it is best to have both terminals to the
rear of the battery, next to the fire wall. The battery is held down and in
place by a clamping bar along the front edge of the battery and you do not
want the clamping bar to come in contact with either terminal!!
I have always preferred the group 24 sized battery as I think it most
closely matches the original. In order to have the negative terminal at the
right rear of the battery for a negative ground system, you must specify a
group 24F battery, originally built for '50s Ford cars. The regular group 24
will have the positive terminal at the right rear. These days battery
manufacturers build a combination group 24 with the two terminals in both
centers of the right and left edge of the battery. These of course will work
but I don't like the looks of them, too modern!
The battery ground strap originally went from the right rear terminal
(either positive or negative) to a bolt on the fire wall just above the
battery. The ground strap from the engine to the body went from the left
front engine mount to one of the bolts on the timing cover.
Good luck,
Jim Bauder
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Terry Smith
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 7:23 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Battery Hookup, TR3A
Hello, everyone.
My '59 TR3A restoration project is coming back from the body shop tomorrow.
I've searched archives and found Randall's recommendation a couple of years
ago to buy the biggest battery that will fit in the box. Looks like
Everstart
Group 27 is a good size.
So, question. I haven't seen the way the battery is supposed to be hooked
up.
Looking from the front of the car, if I'm converting to negative ground, I'd
want the negative terminal on the right. Does it matter if this is to the
rear or the front of the battery itself?
More importantly, I haven't been able to find a reliable picture on the
internet as to where the ground strap attaches. When I took my car apart,
it
was attached to the firewall just above the battery box. A picture I found
web crawling shows it was attached along side the bottom of the battery to a
place where my car doesn't have a hole to do it (meaning it must not be
stock).
Thank you, everyone.
Terry Smith The reinstallation of rebuilt stuff begins tomorrow!
New Hampshire
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