Classic/Antique Car Repair/1937 packard 120

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Expert: - 5/12/2008


Question
I need to know the right way to hook up the battery cables is it postive to postive and negative to negtive or postive to ground and ground to postive

Answer
If you are jumping the batt. you want to connect positive to positive.  That's parallel and will provide 6 volts to the system, assuming it is a 6 volt system.  I don't know how the car was designed; some were positive to ground, like the Model A, but some were neg. to ground.  If you can find and join a Packard club, you would have pleanty of help on it.  
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Expertise

Only repair type questions on the 1928-1931 Ford Model A.

Experience

Owned one when I was 15 yrs old, and now have owned 5. Still own and play with 2 of them.

Organizations
Oakleaf region of MARC. Model A Restorers Club. I have put several Model A videos on the Oakleaf site that may be of help. Things like how to start the A, how to Time it, how to troubleshoot it.. Go to oakleafregion.org and you will find them. jack

Publications
"More than you need to know about cars." Just a small book for Car Nuts. Blurb.com "Model A Ford Tips and Hints" Blurb.com 2010 Many Model A movies that can be found on youtube.com/jackbahm

Education/Credentials
BSME LSU, 1958, Masters of automotive engineering from the Chrysler Institute of engineering, 1960, MBA Mich State, 1976. Worked as an engineer at Chrysler from 1958 to the end of 1991.

Awards and Honors
Two patents while working in auto industry.

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