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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 12:00 PM
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I have gotten everything set up on the distributor except the two wires going from the wiring harness to the distributor. The wires are a tan and a orange and will plug up ether way so I'm not sure which wire goes to which side.

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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 12:38 PM
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Might help if you give year you are working on
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 12:50 PM
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Orange should be the ignition wire and tan should be the tach wire.
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 12:54 PM
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Sorry about that. It's a 73.
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by c3vettman
Sorry about that. It's a 73.
Unless it's changed, your tach should be mechanical.
On my 73, the two wires from the harness go on the + coil post.
The wire from the coil - post should go on the distributor.
Mine is a black wire from starter and cloth braided one from
ignition switch.


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Based on pictures from an earlier post the OP switched to HEI
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MelWff
Based on pictures from an earlier post the OP switched to HEI
The fact that the OP said "plug up" led me to think it was HEI because points style distributors don't have plugs.
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