Hi Doug,
A typical polarity reversal is unbelievably simple. Reverse the battery, swap
the coil wires, and start up the engine. The IGN light should behave normally,
but if it stays on bright when the engine is started and sped up, shut it off
and
take a hot wire from the battery and brush it lightly against the F terminal of
the regulator. This will polarize the the regulator. Now start up the engine,
IGN light should now go out.
It's also good practice to replace the condensor soon as they tend to fail soon
after the polarity is changed.
If you had any accessories that were positive ground, they need to be removed.
Paul A
AHtopia@aol.com wrote:
> since my wife won't see this message, i will risk asking the question ;o)
>
> i attempted to reverse the polarity of my '60 sprite from positive to
> negative ground, reversing distributor wires, terminal leads, touching a bare
> part of the unbelted generator with a hot lead, etc. etc., and all i got was
> a car that ran for awhile but ended up completely draining my battery and
> refusing to run after first turning over, until i rerouted all wires (back to
> positive ground configuration) and recharged my battery...what am i doing
> wrong, and is there a foolproof way of doing this?
>
> thanks in advance for your advice...
>
> doug k
> 'not-so-ready-kilowatt'
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