Phil Patterson writes: On his old coil Bat would be power, thus negative, while
the distributor is grounded to the block. Seeing that it is a positive ground
system, hook positive to the distributor and negative to the feed to the coil.
If it runs bad or eats points you will know you have it backwards, just in case.
William Lewis wrote:
> Hey folks,
> Friend in same town here has '55 Plymouth - unfortunately, not a PC owner,
> so can't get him on the list, but reads my stuff.
>
> He has 6-Volt question, I can't answer - he just bought a new coil for his
> Plym, and it has the usual two terminals labeled + & -; problem is his old
> coil says Bat & Dist. So he asks me what equals what? Being a 12 volt guy,
> and limited to originality by rote, how does that translate for him. He
> says his car is 6 Volt, positive ground, so does that mean Bat is +?
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Jack Lewis
> GFS-'56 Fury (12V, Negative ground)
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