Don,
Thanks for this information; it is very helpful to those of us who are
contemplating switching over to negative ground (or earth). I have four
questions:
1. if the only vulnerable part is the voltage regulator (my '52 does not
have a radio), can I substitute a proper voltage regulator, i.e., one
designed for negative ground?
2. I've heard that one of the reasons for accelerated rusting of LBCs is
that they came with positive ground. Is there any truth to this rumour? I
somehow doubt it, considering the number of rusted Hyundais, Toyotae and
Hondae I have seen.
3. what is the advantage to switching over to negative ground?
4. isn't the engine already grounded through the bolts that hold the engine
to the frame or is the resistance through the bolts too high?
Thanks again.
Chuck Vandergraaf
'52 +4
Pinawa, MB
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> From: DGreimel@aol.com[SMTP:DGreimel@aol.com]
> Reply To: DGreimel@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 4:52 AM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Cleaning cream switches and Indicator switch
>
> Ben:
> Your Morgan was never a 6 volt car. The British stuff has all been 12v
> Positive Earth since the beginning of time. Your Mog had two 6 volt
> batteries
> wired in series. Installing the battery with Neg earth will cause only
> two
> problems. It will shorten the life of your voltage regulator due to its
> use
> of different metals on the contacts which is designed to reduce metal
> transfer and it will waste your transistor radio. Otherwise the
> everything
> would function normally. The most likely cause of your hot cable is that
> the
> battery is grounded to the frame and there is no ground strap between the
> frame and the engine, which of course is sitting on rubber mounts.
> I once say a Morgan in which the choke cable turned red hot while
> cranking.
> The owner had replaced the battery, generator and starter in his attempt
> to
> cure the slow cranking problem. A ground strap across an engine mount
> fixed
> it for $.50.
> Happy Moggin.
> Don Greimel
>
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