Thread: Positive earth

Originally Posted by series1buff

Ive also read about the prevention of distributor points surface erosion by having a + ground ststem ....

There was a certain make of US cars in the 40's that had a switched + to - system :each time you pressed the floor starter ...an elaborate switch changed the dissy points from + to - polarity ..and back again ... to reduce point surface degredation..

Having the corect condensor, tuned to the coil, will greatly improve the points condition.

Aaron.

I tend to agree (+ve earth is more original and fabric wiring looks better and costs much the same for a loom (Where's best to get it by the way)) What's left of the wiring on my S1 is -ve earth plastic, so must be a more recent replacement and my donor vehicle is plastic -ve earth spaghetti conversion, so I don't have much to go on to see what original wiring looks like. Anyone got any good close up +ve wiring pics?

Ian

1956 S1 "86