The Ford Barn

koates · 08-28-2014, 12:29 AM

Hi there, Having the battery in the trunk with that long run of cable can be a disadvantage on a 6 volt system especially. Original Ford cars always have the batteries mounted fairly close to the starter motor so that any voltage drop/loss is kept to a minimum. 6 Volt systems require "OO B&S" large battery cable to be fully effective. Good/perfect connections are essential otherwise there will be problems. The obvious layman answer to 6volt problems is "lets convert it to 12 volts" , but that's not fixing it, its the easy way out for those who don't want to understand the system. The 6 volt cars were good when new so can always be made good again. Regards, Kevin.

08-28-2014, 12:29 AM	#2
koates Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Melbourne Australia. Posts: 2,218	Re: Importance of good battery/electrical connections Hi there, Having the battery in the trunk with that long run of cable can be a disadvantage on a 6 volt system especially. Original Ford cars always have the batteries mounted fairly close to the starter motor so that any voltage drop/loss is kept to a minimum. 6 Volt systems require "OO B&S" large battery cable to be fully effective. Good/perfect connections are essential otherwise there will be problems. The obvious layman answer to 6volt problems is "lets convert it to 12 volts" , but that's not fixing it, its the easy way out for those who don't want to understand the system. The 6 volt cars were good when new so can always be made good again. Regards, Kevin.