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If you hooked battery cables backwards by mistake on a positive ground system on your 1967 bsa coud that shortcircut something?
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∙ 14y ago
yes but older cars put up with more abuse like this than new cars with computers etc
so there is a good chance everything is ok if it wasnt on for long
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∙ 14y ago
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