Posted by casebro on March 21, 2000 at 23:17:49:
In Reply to: No Spark posted by Phil Young on March 21, 2000 at 00:09:11:
yes, you can do it- if battery was stone dead.
but if you did your alternator causes a dead short
thru the diodes.On genaretor equipped trucks the reversed polarity
would give a weak spark causing no fire ?
more likely leaving your switch on fried the condenser or coil.