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I'm going to repaint the coil from my '29 coach. I beleive that it is the original Delco-Remy. While it is in the "shop" I'm going to run an old replacement one that has been repainted. The Delco terminals are not identified on the coil. The replacement
coil terminals are marked plus and minus. What I would like to know is:
1) Is the terminal on the Delco coil that the wire from the amp gauge attaches to considered the plus or positive one? I beleive that it is because the other wire going to/from the amp gauge
attaches to the starter switch. Which in turn has the battery cable hooked to it. So then the other terminal on the coil, the
minus or negative one, goes to the electrolock?!
2) I have a sticker that is supposedly a repo for one that goes on the original Delco-Remy coil. What is the correct position
for it on the coil? The Delco from the car had been repainted blue some time in its life, like most of the lower body on the car. Plus it had a good layer of rust on it. In removing all this I found no remnant of a sticker or decal.
These questions might have been asked in the 6-volt electrical
forum. But I always like to read this one first so I stuck it in here. Any info/advice/war story will be greatly appreciated.
1929 Chevrolet: The Outstanding Chevrolet Of Chevrolet History!
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There is no decal on the original 1929 Delco-Remy coil. The negative terminal on the coil goes to the electrolock.  :) :grin:
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Thanks JYD! I might just put the sticker on the Delco coil anyway as it looks cool. I wonder where the sticker was used?
Well, I just got up, looked at the sticker and answered my own question. It is for a model 530-L coil and the original to my
'29 coach is a model 528-C coil. It's amazing what you can find out if you only get up and look! I imagine the 530-L coil goes
to a later Chevy or maybe another GM vehicle.
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"The negative terminal on the coil goes to the electrolock." Does that mean that a '29 is negative ground? Four cylinders were positive ground, weren't they?
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Chevys: 1929 LQ 1.5T; 1930 LR 1.5T; 1932 BA 5 pass coupe; 1941 Chevy 1.5T US Army Fire Truck, my vintage '82 Chevy Motor Home
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29 up chevys were neg ground. mike
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Don't know of any Chevrolets that are positive ground. All my 4 bangers (back to 1919) are negative as are the sixes and eights.
How Sweet the roar of a Chevy four!
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Early GMC vehicles had their battery in backwards as did Cadillacs.  
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