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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 10:21 PM
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Spare Wire?

I installed a new coil on my truck, and noticed that I seem to have a 'spare' wire in the loom leading to the coil connector. There are the 2 wires to the coil, and a third one that goes to a 2 contact connector (only one side used), out the other side to a 4" length of black wire. I can't find anything it would go to, and I don't think it is a tach pickup because the tech is working. The truck is a '93 F-250HD with the 5.8, ZF S5 and remote mount TFI module. I'll try to get a pic if I can find a digital camera.

Thanks for any help,
-Mike
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 03:59 PM
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There is supposed to be a small capacitor mounted to the side of the coil bracket to suppress ignition noise.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 07:41 AM
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I think I'm missing that. That's not connected to the wires that go to the coil wire connector is it?
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 04:46 AM
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I'm not sure if I can link to another forum, but there are a lot of pictures in the last post of this thread: 3 bad ignition coils HELP! - FSB Forums
 
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Thanks! That sorts it out.
 
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