I have a question regarding a Poogeot 205 CTI 1.6 I have just acquired which lets just say someone has been playing with quite a bit!!

 

Anyway trying to put the wiring back together to see what kind of condition the engine is in and I got a little confused. Now can anyone tell me where the Positive and negative leads are suppose to connect too on a 205?

 

In the Haynes it appears it is actually the negative lead that connects to the starter and the alternator. But that doesn't make sense to me and if that is correct where would the positive lead connect too?

 

The car is a 1988 model btw

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated because the guys on the poogeot forum don't seem to have a clue

One of the +ive go to the alternator and starter motor. The is a - ive to the gearbox at the back.

Cool, your 100% on that now for a 205 are you before I connect them the wrong way round and blow something up lol

 

I didn't think the negative would run to the alternator and starter but had to check

 

Fingers crossed lol

Starter needs alot of +VE to turn and the alternator to feed charge back into the battery. I remember the earth on the gearbox as my car would run and it turned out it was loose. If you have any other problems let me know, I had about 6 205's including a CTI, Supercharged Mi16 Dimma (done myself) and a 309 MI16 coversion. So spent about 4 years working on them.