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Recent content by heyelisaa

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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    Aside from this, after sticking my head under the dash I found that after going through the firewall, the larger white wire is either connecting to the ignition switch, and/or going on to connect to the fuse box.
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    Here is a diagram of what I'm trying to describe. Hope this helps
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    This is the first time I've done this and I'm not very familiar with any of this, so I apologize if I'm not making sense. The larger and smaller wires were both attached to the negative side of the original coil, but I don't know what the larger wire served because I couldn't see where the other...
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    Ah ok, that's good to know! Power to the Pertronix comes from the ignition switch (16ga. White wire) directly, and the negative side goes to coil negative, then the coil is grounded. There is never any power to the 12ga white wire, but it used to be on coil negative as well.
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    Hi Tom, It's a series 3 Alpine. I put in the Pertronix coil and ignition, and there is no ballast resistor. I think the instructions said to not use one for some reason.
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    No problem at all! :) I have a series 3 Alpine with a Weber and a manual choke. It's still positive ground also. When tested there's never any voltage to the larger wire, but before the Pertronix installation it was connected to the negative side of the coil. Thanks!
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    The smaller second white wire is from the ignition switch. The larger one was originally connected to the negative side of the coil, and now with the Pertronix system in, the smaller wire is the only wire going to the distributor. So, I think it does sound like it might be the cold start that...
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    This makes sense since the Pertronix says to get rid of the bypass I think. It sounds like I probably don't need it. Thanks for the reply!
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    Thanks. It does turn around and go back towards the fire wall, but it's all wrapped up with a bunch of other wires, so I can't tell where it ends up on the other side, unfortunately.
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    Coil swap - original electrical wiring question

    Hello, I recently swapped the coil out with a Pertronix one, and everything works great...but there is one wire from the original set up that I can't figure out the purpose of. Does anyone know what the larger 12ga white wire, in the attached photo, could be serving? Any ideas would be much...
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    Looking for parts

    Hello, Does anyone have a spare gas cap surround or radio console available for sale? Or know of where to find those. I have a '63 series 3 Alpine I'm looking to upgrade. Please let me know! Thanks :)
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