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TR4/4A What color battery leads on TR4a?

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'fraid I can't help on the TR4, but all the engine bay pictures in Piggott's TR3 book show both cables as being black.

Tom
 
My Piggot book (early edition, 1991) does not show a 4A but on the engine bay pic for a TR4 the ground cable appears to be braided and the hot cable black.

Same book also shows braided ground cables on the TR3s pictured.
 
But, since the 4A was the first negative ground TR, it might well have had a red cable to the solenoid.
 
Tom,

One of my TR4A's still has the original battery cables (full cover cap with hole for screw to go into the battery post). I could check this weekend for you if you can wait.

Scott
 
According to TRA's 4 & 4A Judging Standards, both cables should be the "helmet" or lead cap connectors at the battery. The ground cable is a round steel woven cable with no sheathing and connected to the body at a verticle section above and slightly left of center of the battery. The solenoid lead (negative for the 4 and positive for the 4A) should be black plastic sheathed with a rubber boot at the solenoid.

Lou Metelko
Auburn, Indiana
TRA in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2011
 
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