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Re: Ground

To: Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM, dwramsey@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Ground
From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:43:25 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Reply-to: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Crash,

I assumed that was a 'given', but in my case, since I never ran my car wired as 
+ground, the battery I installed had the terminals already on the opposite 
sides, from the stock configuration, so I never really had to move my battery 
cables;-)

 - Bryan
 
 
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>Could you tell me how you converted from + to - and only changed the coil 
wire?????  I remember having to switch the "wires" on the battery also!!!!!!!
>               Crash
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>> Herb,
>>
>> When I converted my sprite from + to - ground, the only thing that I needed 
to
>>
>> swap wires on was the coil. ( I did the conversion to use the ignitor
>> electronic
>> ingnition). The wipers, heater blower, and starter, didn't care about the
>> polarity change, and still all run in the same direction ( I tested these
>> out).
>> The tech notes on the web were pretty straight forward, and everything worked
>> like a champ when I was done.
>>
>> regards - Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
>>
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>> >To: spidgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> >Subject: Ground
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>> >Fellow Spridgeteers,
>> >
>> >In the tech articles regarding converting from positive to negative
>> >ground, I've not seen mentioned anything about the starter.  It is a DC
>> >motor and the bendix is specifically designed...right!?!
>> >
>> >WFO Herb
>> >Keep the sticky side down.
>> >
>>
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