Whoa! What a description.  Great Job

I would only point out that the following statement:

> Almost universally, the body of the vehicle carries
> the negative charge.

Is true for VW but NOT "universal". Having rewired a
1959 Alfa Romeo Guilletta Sprint, the Italian have
a different twist using the positive pole as the ground.  ( the batery
was located in the trunk and occasionally gets loose and rolls around
- What rust?)

Then the folks in England also have the same twist,
having worked on MGs and Triumph and Jags.  They too
use a positive ground and the negative is HOT HOT HOT.

just my 2 cents.
....................

I have to poke some fun at the next statement:
(or as Gene Wilder said in "Everything You Wanted
to Know about Sex but Were afraid to Ask": Beh Beh!)

> You need two things to proceed without undue strain.
> First, a current-sensing device. This could be an
> expensive double-jeweled-multi-phase-chromium-plated
> multi-meter (list price, $200)or it could be a COTS
> (Commercial, Off the Shelf) test lamb with probe
> (list price, $8.00 @ FLAPS [Friendly Local Auto Parts Shyster])....

" A test LAMB with a probe"

 Cute concept ;-) but this is a family show

Joel Cort
89 Syncro Westy
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