Coil Wires
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HELP PLEASE...Coil Wires
The wires that connect to my coil, (small ones, not the top wire) are looking really weak, and insulation looks like it is falling off. I can only trace the wires back to the firewall. Can someone tell me how to replace this and how much of a beeeatch it is?
[Modified by DollaGreen, 9:40 PM 6/13/2002]
[Modified by DollaGreen, 9:40 PM 6/13/2002]
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From: TEXASTEXASTEXASTEXAS TEXASTEXASTEXASTEXAS
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Re: HELP PLEASE...Coil Wires (DollaGreen)
Wow, DollaGreen, you're in hurry, aren't cha? Everybody's at work right now, won't pick up on the forum for a couple hours yet.
Not only will those wires be a major pain because you'll have to get up under your dash, at least one of them is a resistor wire, and you ABSOLUTELY have to replace it with resistor wire & not ordinary stranded copper. So, short answer, yes, it's a PITA.
If you don't have an AIM manual, you need to get one--it will show you the wires, how they connect, and which one is the resistor (or both, I don't remember).
JB
[Modified by JB, 4:47 PM 6/14/2002]
Not only will those wires be a major pain because you'll have to get up under your dash, at least one of them is a resistor wire, and you ABSOLUTELY have to replace it with resistor wire & not ordinary stranded copper. So, short answer, yes, it's a PITA.
If you don't have an AIM manual, you need to get one--it will show you the wires, how they connect, and which one is the resistor (or both, I don't remember).
JB
[Modified by JB, 4:47 PM 6/14/2002]
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Re: HELP PLEASE...Coil Wires (DollaGreen)
Generally these wires are part of the engine wiring harness and not available individually. I'm guessing a bit not knowing the year of your car, but one wire is resistor, the other goes down to the starter and isn't a resistor. Both part of the same harness, unless you have a car has some sort of optional ignition. My '69 has transistor ignition and has two wires at the coil. One is taped off (original inside the harness) and a second that runs in the firewall and is the optional power for the transistor ignition. Both are resistor though.
Have you considered "heat shrink" tubing? Looks good and is really better than some of Chevy's older wire insulation.
Andy
Have you considered "heat shrink" tubing? Looks good and is really better than some of Chevy's older wire insulation.
Andy
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From: TEXASTEXASTEXASTEXAS TEXASTEXASTEXASTEXAS
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Re: HELP PLEASE...Coil Wires (DollaGreen)
I might try to heat shrink...I was hoping to find a good fix though.
JB
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Re: HELP PLEASE...Coil Wires (DollaGreen)
Sounds to me you should replace the complete harness. If the wires you can see look bad, what about the ones you can't see! It's not a hard job and everything is done in the engine compartment with the harness just plugging into the firewall. :)