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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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1973 460 electronic ignition problems

I got this 460 and it has electronic points. Never wired them up before and I looking at the internet for a diagram for these wires. Its purple, red, and black. Right now i have the red on the positive coil and a hot wire going to that. The purple is on the negative and the black is ground. Its not working so i am doing something wrong. I am wondering if you guys can help me out.

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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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If all you got is the dizzy & the coil, you dont have all the parts. Theres a module box that controls everything.

Go up top on you screen, on mywebsearch, & type in Duraspark ignition & a bunch of different site listing will pop up detailing the duraspark ignition system.
12V wire from the key switch got to go to the control module box & then to the dizzy.
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