hooking up starter and Battery
 

I am in the process of putting the car together after two years of restoration.
Is the positive battery cable black (in a 74) and does it go directly to the starter with the red leads from the harness attaching to the block on the battery terminal?
Also I assume there is a red wire from the alternator that goes to the same post on the starter is this correct?

Any help would be appreciated so I can strat putting this all back together.

Sounds like you have everything "positively" (pun intended) in hand.

Considering the age of our beloved vehicles, most have probably had to replace the (+) cable between the battery and starter, and have installed the standardized red cable, but I do believe both of the battery cables were originally covered in black sleaving; way too easy to install bass-ackwards, if you ask me.

The alternator lead does connect to the same terminal on the starter as the (+) battery cable. And don't forget to connect the alternator harness' spade lead for the starter soleniod, otherwise you'll be chasing a non-engaging starter problem for no damn reason.

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Sounds like the voice of experience, LOL!! :D I think that's one I haven't done--yet... I did forget that red wire from the alternator, though, and wondered why my battery light stayed on....

--DD

Yep, had a friend who was ripping his clothes in frustration when his '74 wouldn't start after installing a new set of battery cables. Somehow he managed to knocked that particular lead loose, than it recoil back along side the spade, giving the impression it was attached.

Luckily I brought my trusty multimeter, figuring I was going to be checking the ignition switch or whatever. I crawled underneath to take a reading of that very lead, noticed it was playing 'possum, and said, "If I connect this here lead to this here spade, and you turn that there key, I can almost bet this P-O-S will start right up."

Of course, it did, and it took all my composure to keep him from driving a claw hammer into his skull.

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