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K Sykes K Sykes is offline
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I need to take a few more pics to get the full install documented, but I have a few I can add.

EDIS coil pack mount - I scavenged this from a Taurus or Explorer, It was an EDIS coil pack mount that had a mount that bent down parallel to the coil. I cut it off and welded a piece of scrap steel with three holes that uses the two larger studs and nuts on the chain cover and the threaded boss in the middle of it. I think they were for the air pump on earlier SC's

I used Goingsuperfast.com's crank pulley, VR sensor Mount and Distributor hole plug. This mounted up easily with the motor out. Suspect it could be done with a partial drop with the muffler gone. The VR sensor came off of a ford junker, $2. Think it was an Escort.



I found a BMW TPS that worked well - picked one off of a 3 series in the junkyard for $5, worked great. Pelican has new ones for reasonable money, I'll get the part # in a later thread.

I was able to get an EDIS unit, Coil and plug wires off of junk Fords - An Explorer has the EDIS unit where it's easy to find. Coil packs are also easy. Plug wires can come from a Crown Vic that has EDIS. Think I have about $50 total in EDIS parts. Big think is shielding on the VR sensor wire and the TPS wiring. I used some Coax cable that had braided shielding to get the shielding - stripped the coax to get the shielding and grounded the shielding to the EDIS shielding lead. Don't ground the other ends. Pin 2 on the EDIS unit provided a good tach signal. I rewired the rear fuses to provide crank and run 12V to the EDIS and MS units. I also cleaned up the engine harness to a lot fewer wires and got rid of the 14 pin stock connection. I used a 12 pin connector Duestch connector, but am down to fewer. I'll post some pics and a clearer explanation in the AM.
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1980 SC Targa - MS2, EDIS
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