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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 18 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2010 Posts: 18 | Hi,
Can't believe I'm this stupid, but here goes. A while ago I took the dead battery out of my '58 6 cylinder Chevy pickup. I know I disconnected the negative cable first, but problem is po wired both connections with red cable and I don't recall which way the battery was installed. So my question is this: One cable goes to the starter and the other attaches to the fire wall. Can someone please tell me which goes to the negative post and which goes to the positive. Thanks in advance if you can help me out.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | The one to the starter is positive. | | | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 18 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2010 Posts: 18 | Many thanks Cletis, I'll be back on the road tomorrow
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,778 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,778 | While you're at it, wrap a couple of layers of black electrician's tape around the ground cable near the battery terminal to remind you that the cable with the black stripe goes to the negative terminal.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | The problem is solved...but, the positive battery post has historically been fatter than the negative post. One red cable would have the clamp squished smaller than the other..that would be negative. At least that's how it used to be.
Stuart | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | They're still that way, Stuart. Sometimes, they make the negative a little too small, which becomes a real problem on late model cars with the steel clamps instead of the old style lead clamps.
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