Re: Jump starting a 1947 Ford 8N

Posted by Bob on April 15, 2005 at 21:53:47 from (66.163.134.177):

In Reply to: Re: Jump starting a 1947 Ford 8N posted by mattd on April 15, 2005 at 18:51:54:

Why not hook the cables up positive ground at the tractor just as the tractor's 6 Volt battery is? If someone did happen to hit the starter switch on the tractor, the 6 Volt to 12 Volt mis-match wouldn't be as bad as a (+) to (-) ground mis-match PLUS the 6 Volt to 12 Volt mis-match!

I realize the original "N" starter doesn't care about the polarity, but what do you see as the advantage in reversing the ground polarity of the boost system, as opposed the tha tractor's ground polarity???

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