Coil wiring Series IV no external ballast, positive ground

[TomSunIVGT]

After at a mechanic garage to replace clutch master cyl. my wrenches could not reach, replace the starter and secure the generator I drove it home. It has not started since. Inside the distributor I saw the little black Lead Wire was broken, or burnt off. I replaced that but still no spark at plugs and the wire started to smoke.
My question is: Where do the three wires to the distributor attach? I think the garage swapped them around.

 

[hartmandm]

Not sure why the garage would mess with the ignition coil wires or distributor wires as part of those jobs you listed ... but here's a part of the series IV wiring diagram:



Wire colors:
"W" = white
"WB" = white + black

If you have a newer ignition coil with "+" and "-" terminals instead of SW & CB, "-" = "SW" and "+" = "CB". So white wire connects to ignition coil "-" and the white + black wire from the distributor connects to ignition coil "+".

Mike

 

[mikephillips]

As a series IV owner myself, one thing you should be aware of. Somewhere in IVa production the wiring switched from the documented series IV harness to the series V type harness with a generator circuit rather than alternator. How do I know this?? Well when I went to rewire mine I found it didn't match the workshop manual diagram. The new harness I got from SS matched the old so after digging around I found it was the same as the V, with a generator. So just something to be aware of.