RustyFarmall said: (quoted from post at 10:00:01 12/23/08) Since the old battery was installed "negative" ground, you will want to polarize the system when you install a new battery with "positive" ground. I will correct you on the starter issue. The starter DOES NOT CARE if the system is negative or positive. The starter will still spin in the correct direction, no matter what.
Thanks.. I firgured the generator would need to be re-polarized, at least I know I figured right :)
When I saw the battery was on backwards I took off the starter and put my 12v jump box to it.. If I put the positive on the "post" and the negative on the chassis of the starter nothing would happen.. When I switched around the wires the stater spun each time..
I did notice that it was pulling amperage when I hooked it up negative ground. When I would turn on the jump box and touch the clamp to the starter it would arc, but it would never turn over when I hooked it up as negative ground.
Does this mean the starter is going bad or is bad? Or should I not worry about it since it spins every time when I have it hooked up correctly. I even used it to turn over the motor just to make sure it was engaging correctly after I bench tested it.
~Mark
This post was edited by Maniak at 09:07:18 12/23/08.
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