John,
After I sent my question I realized that I forgot to say I have the
Pertronix electronic ignition. So afterward, I went out to the garage and
got the instructions for my Pertronix and it's wired up correctly [coil (-)
to Pertronix in distributor and (+) to earth], which is different than for
points.
Thanks & Vrooom vrooom,
John & Erika the Red just back from 400 mile drive to & from the terrific
All British Open Roads 2006 event at Lake Tahoe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan and Carole Quandt" <fourqz@earthlink.net>
To: "Austin-Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: coil
> John, I am going to go through this rather confusing coil deal on list so
> if I am wrong someone will step in and say so cause it is somewhat
> inscrutable .I am Presuming that your car is hooked up positive ground
> and the wire to the distributor goes to ground through the distributor.
> The problem is that no one really makes positive ground coils anymore so
> the negative terminal representing the ground side should be hooked up to
> the distributor. Some one suggested that if you remove a spark plug wire
> and hold a lead pencil between the plug tip and the wire the spark should
> flare towards the plug not the wire if the coil is hooked up properly.
> This seems a much more elegant and simple way to check coil polarity than
> a meter but I am just an elegant simpleton so what do I know . If any one
> has an explanation that does not require a lot of techno babble (apologies
> to any large brains on this list) please correct me.
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