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Green from the points/condensor: To the (-) terminal.

Slightly thicker black from the relay board: To the (+) terminal. Power supply to the coil.

Black with purple stripe from the relay board: To the (-) terminal. Output from the points/condensor to the tach. The purple stripe can be very tough to see.

Red: There shouldn't be a red wire attached to the coil. It might be a wire used to power something else, in which case the (+) side would be where it goes. But I suggest finding out what the wire goes to and plugging it into the correct place instead of the coil.

White from the FI ECU: To the (-) terminal. This carries the signal from the points to the FI, and lets it know when to open the injectors.

Clean all of the connectors, and make sure they fit nice and snug on the coil. If wiggling the white wire changes how the car runs, then the connection is dirty or the wire is damaged. Clean the connection, maybe replace the bad part of the wire (if you can isolate it). Or maybe replace the connector--wires most often fail where the connectors are crimped on.

--DD
Old 04-28-2001, 12:09 PM
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