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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 09:56 AM
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Electrical help relay

I have a early 90’s engine/pcm harness from a Mustang I think using it for a MAS conversion it has a smog delete.
My question is about power connection for the distributor, fuel pump and the PCM all go through a relays and have fuse wire and tied to the battery side of the solenoid (a brown/orange a green and a yellow)they hook up to their relays, but I am not sure that it correct terminals do they go to terminal 87 or 30?
And if hooked up wrong did I cook my pcm
 
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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 10:09 AM
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Not enough info to say...you will need a schematic from the donor car's service manual to answer your question. In general terms, the leads on the coil terminals are not polarity sensitive nor are the wiper/contacts...that said, within the wiring harness you may find that there are other leads that force the polarity in one direction or the other.
 
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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 10:21 AM
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Not enough info to say...you will need a schematic from the donor car's service manual to answer your question. In general terms, the leads on the coil terminals are not polarity sensitive nor are the wiper/contacts...that said, within the wiring harness you may find that there are other leads that force the polarity in one direction or the other.
You are correct Charlie I don’t know if there are diodes or what ever in the lines and I forgot to thank you Charlie
 

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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 02:21 PM
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I learned it doesn’t matter in my case if the juice comes in the back door and goes out the front door as long as it gets there
 
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As a rule fused battery goes to #30 and the device to be switched is wired to contact #87.

Hope me this helps,

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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 05:39 PM
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That’s what I do usually and I may change what I have
 
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