How are the coil leads hooked up? The truck should run wiht them in either
position, but the spark is not as strong (or so I remember hearing). Check
your coil, and it should tell you what's up, and how it is wired.
As far as I know, you can reverse the polarity without frying anything. But
then again, I'd ask someone who knows what they are talking about...
JL
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Tanner <keith@miata.net>
To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: LRO: Re: A puzzler.
> It's got a generator (I think). It was a + earth truck from the factory. I
> was already using TeriAnn's writeup as my guide.
>
> I was preparing to convert it to - earth...but I'm wondering if someone
> already beat me to it due to what I'm looking at. So again - how could I
> tell? Therein lies my question - or perhaps I should say: "If I simply
> switch the leads on the battery, will I blow something up?". I can read a
> wiring diagram but I'm not 100% sure of how some of these things actually
> work inside. If nothing will die, I'm gonna simply turn the battery around
> and see how the truck behaves. If the charging problem goes away, then
I've
> found out what's going on. If not, I'll assume it's still + earth and
> bastardize it to -.
>
> Keith Tanner and Basil the confused IIA
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