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Feb 12, 2009 | 06:04 PM

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Ha, she's livelier than the Energizer bunny. lol

Feb 12, 2009 | 06:12 PM

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From: crandon Wi

i would put a aftermarket like a accell or mallory one wire to power it, and it will start easer i have one on my 79 and it helped and i have 6 months of cold

Feb 12, 2009 | 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt390

It's actually quite easy....

white wire is the ignition retard and connects to the "S" terminal on the solenoid.
Red wire ties into the harness just off the ignition switch before the resister wire.
Green to the tach side of coil
The rest plug into the electronic distributor

I looked at the wires and don`t see these colours thought there lots of other colours to choose from.....

The coil and module are still wired into the donor truck`s wiring harness, all I think I need to do is to find and connect up the power wires for the ignition module.
I looked in my 1975 & 77 Ford truck shop manuals and I can`t find the electronic module wiring info.
It`s still fairly cold here so I`ve just had a quick look since the truck is outside.

Feb 12, 2009 | 06:41 PM

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The wires are different colors from the ignition switch unfortunately for the 1972 through circa 1975 and 1976+.

And I do not have the diagrams for 1972 and earlier.

Going from memory, Red/Blue from the starter solenoid for the start circut on the module, White wire module, and Red/Green from the ignition switch for the hot in run. Red wire module. You will have to hook into the red/green wire BEFORE the coil resistor.

This is going by memory, so take that into advisement.

Feb 12, 2009 | 06:47 PM

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The wire colors I mentioned are the wires from the ignition control module.

Either that or spend about $65 and get the Pertronix unit for your points distributor

Feb 12, 2009 | 07:34 PM

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Quote:

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The wire colors I mentioned are the wires from the ignition control module.

Either that or spend about $65 and get the Pertronix unit for your points distributor

Thanks, I now see those wire colors after another look at the wiring diagram.
There is a Pertronix in my 67 Mustang/390 the previous owner installed and as well I have afew spare Pertronix units around. Rather than use any old distributor I have laying around I was thinking of a rebuilt one for $65 exchange.
In the next week or two should find me going one way or the other, at least before spring comes.

Feb 14, 2009 | 08:28 PM

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From: Duncan, OK

How critical is the ballast resistor?? I installed a '77 300-6 with Durapspark II in my '60 F-100....I keep having a dead battery after a few days...I connected as described in the diagram above, and it runs great. Any thought if the ballast resistor has anything to do with a draining battery?? (BTW, the battery was new)

Thanks!

Feb 14, 2009 | 11:35 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 59'er F100

There is no ballast resistor, there is, however, a "resistance wire" that is utilized while the engine is running, cutting the voltage down to the coil and distributor pick-up. Keep it or they will get fried.

For your situation you'll need to isolate the circuit that is causing the drain. Use a volt meter and start pulling fuses until you find the circuit and then trace from there.

Josh