Reversed Wiring

Unknown

I found out today that the wiring on my 1929 Essex is reversed with

the negative terminal going to the top of the starter switch and the

positive going to the chassis and the starter bolt. It started and

ran (not more than 1-minute) smoothly prior to this discovery.



Can anyone shed any light on this? Should I reverse it? How did it

even run the other way? At a minimum, I'd imagine that the starter

would run backwards and the car wouldn't start. Don't know how to

interpret what the generator would be doing.



David