I am replacing the battery cables in my 64 BJ8 Phase 1 and would like to know the correct cable colors. An earlier post suggested marine cable, which sounds like a good idea. Since I can get either red or black, which is which? My car is a positive ground model....is the positive cable red? Is the negative then black? Not that it matters, but would like to have degree of accuracy. Thanks.
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Battery Cables
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Yes, original cables were black but unless you're into originality I see no reason why a positive cable should not be red.
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Michael ,He said he wanted a degree of accuracy-so red is a /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif.Keoke /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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Not to bicker, but he said "accuracy" not "authenticity" and I read his question to mean that he did not know what wire should be red in a positive ground car were he to use red and black cables.
Michael ,He said he wanted a degree of accuracy-so red is a /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif.Keoke /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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Not to bicker, but he said "accuracy" not "authenticity" and I read his question to mean that he did not know what wire should be red in a positive ground car were he to use red and black cables.
