cut out wires reversed

[cfordman]

during the once over on an A I purchased I noticed the ford script cut out has the wires reversed hot wire on arm side. I figured the previous owner made a mistake. here is the problem if I turn the cut out around the case covers the arm wire. if I leave the cut out where it is the arm wire has to stretch around to the front connector and seems short. shorting across the cut out shows a charge on the ammeter. whats up?