Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD

Posted by Robert Starling on December 30, 2004 at 20:55:07 from (205.188.117.14):

Finally my rebuild is almost complete. I am at the point of getting ready to reinstall the starter, solenoid and all of the cables. I noticed in the manual that this tractor originally has a positive ground. If I remember correctly when I bought the tractor, the battery they used to crank it was hooked up like a car/truck with a negative ground. Afterwards, they removed their battery so that was the only time I had to see which post was hooked to ground.

The charging system has been converted from generator to an alternator. Would this force the change in the grounding from a positive ground to a negative ground??

I don't want to burn up a starter or alternator by hooking things up wrong. Thanks, Robert

Follow Ups:

• Re: Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD Jeff C 12:07:50 01/04/05 (0)
• Re: Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD Majorman 00:54:33 12/31/04 (5)
  • Re: Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD ron algiere 18:10:57 01/02/05 (4)
    • Re: Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD Robert Starling 18:48:40 01/02/05 (3)
      • Re: Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD ron algiere 16:48:43 01/03/05 (0)
      • Re: Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD Dell (WA) 21:02:24 01/02/05 (1)
        • Re: Positive ground or Negative ground on '56 FMD Robert Starling 06:27:56 01/04/05 (0)

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