The Ford Barn

PC/SR · 06-28-2010, 11:52 AM

Mike/Nebraska: Use the existing battery wire and run it from the positive terminal to any handy bolt on the trans or bell housing. The wire to the frame can be smaller because it does not carry much current, even with the overdrive. The part houses have a wire braid that moderns use for the same purpose. Attach it to the battery positive post and run it to the frame. You can probably use the hole in the frame where the exisiting wire attached. Make sure the connections are clean, sand through the rust, crud and paint to bare metal. You have to find someone who knows their parts inventory because when the kid at the counter asks for the appliation and looks in the parts book, its a kinda funny reaction when you tell them its for a 1930 Model A Ford. They will tell you they dont have it, but it should be in inventory. Sorry I cannot give you an application to ask for.

06-28-2010, 11:52 AM	#23
PC/SR Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 1,285	Re: Confessions of a Model A Modifier – Model A Upgrades? Mike/Nebraska: Use the existing battery wire and run it from the positive terminal to any handy bolt on the trans or bell housing. The wire to the frame can be smaller because it does not carry much current, even with the overdrive. The part houses have a wire braid that moderns use for the same purpose. Attach it to the battery positive post and run it to the frame. You can probably use the hole in the frame where the exisiting wire attached. Make sure the connections are clean, sand through the rust, crud and paint to bare metal. You have to find someone who knows their parts inventory because when the kid at the counter asks for the appliation and looks in the parts book, its a kinda funny reaction when you tell them its for a 1930 Model A Ford. They will tell you they dont have it, but it should be in inventory. Sorry I cannot give you an application to ask for.