coil wire hook up
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coil wire hook up
What year truck ?
On some,the other wire went to a throttle actuator.
Dennis
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78 F-150 429CJ C6 ,Silver w/Explorer Pkge
641/2 Mustang,Pre-World's Fair Car #8092
64 Fairlane S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
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On some,the other wire went to a throttle actuator.
Dennis
Oh....Please Don't Ask Me Any Tough Questions As:
"I'm Saving Up MY Memory For When I Develop Alzheimer's"
78 F-150 429CJ C6 ,Silver w/Explorer Pkge
641/2 Mustang,Pre-World's Fair Car #8092
64 Fairlane S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang.Sunlit Gold 80,000 miles
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coil wire hook up
One to the "brain box", ground circuit thru the brain box to act like the points opening and closing, and one to the ignition switch. Well actually to a splice where it splits to allow 12 volts from the start relay for starting and a lower voltage from the ignition switch thru a resistor wire for running.
Should be a green/yellow stripe to the brain and a red/green stripe to the splice.
Sparky
Should be a green/yellow stripe to the brain and a red/green stripe to the splice.
Sparky
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coil wire hook up
Sparky just for your info, later on sometime they did away with the extra terminal on the starter solenoid, and incorporated a seperate set of contacts in the start position of the ignition switch to give a full 12v to the coil for starting. I am assuming he has a later model since he must have a duraspark box.;-)
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Thanks Franklin, I have to stop assuming that people are working on the "oldies" 
Being thoroughly unfamiliar with those "new fangled" trucks I always revert to the older trucks technology. IMHO nothing beats a truck whose year made starts with a 7 or 6
What year did they delete that start circuit that I am so familiar with? I seem to remember fixing a few that were early eighties vintage that still were wired the same.
Sparky
Being thoroughly unfamiliar with those "new fangled" trucks I always revert to the older trucks technology. IMHO nothing beats a truck whose year made starts with a 7 or 6
What year did they delete that start circuit that I am so familiar with? I seem to remember fixing a few that were early eighties vintage that still were wired the same.
Sparky
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coil wire hook up
My 82 diagram shows it, but the 1980 doesn't. I would assume (you know where assuming gets you!) that a ford vehicle with duraspark II and a single small terminal on the starter solenoid would have it this way.
