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Re: [Healeys] Fwd: RE: Black/white wire

To: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: RE: Black/white wire
From: Dave Russell <rusd@sitestar.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:01:59 -0600
Hi Guys,

I think the problem may be that the two White-Black wires on the coil, 
one going to the distributor - one going to the battery cutoff switch, 
are both connected to a single terminal lug at the coil. To disable the 
coil/points ground circuit , the wire going back to the battery switch 
must be physically cut loose from the terminal. Obviously, the remaining 
wire from points to coil must remain intact.

Regards,
Dave Russell

Alan Seigrist wrote:

>Steve -
>
>You're a little confused.  There are two white/black wires to the
>coil.  One from the distributor, and one from the battery switch.  You
>can disconnect the one from the battery switch with no problems.
>
>I think you forgot because you probably have a pertonix unit on your
>dizzy now, so the white black wire has been replaced with a red wire
>from the dizzy.  That's the wire you can't disconnect.
>
>Alan
>
>
>
>On 9/15/07, sbyers@ec.rr.com <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Yeah, Earl, I was right in my thinking, but wrong in reality.  Gary Anderson
>>is
>>correct:  You can't disconnect the black/white wire at the coil because then
>>you'll also be disabling the distributor.   I was thinking that there were
>>two
>>separate black/white wires attached to a double terminal on the coil, but
>>that
>>would be defeating the purpose, wouldn't it?
>>
>>You can only disconnect the black/white wire at the cutoff switch and not at
>>the
>>coil if you're going to continue to drive the car afterwards.
>>
>>On another note, I'm at Southeastern Healey Classic XXI in Little
>>Switzerland,
>>NC.  After months and months of drought here in western NC, the skies opened
>>up during the night with a deluge and the rain has continued all day!  The
>>rally
>>(and pretty much everything else) is on hold until tomorrow.  The weather is
>>supposed to improve, I think.
>>
>>Sorry, Earl
>>Steve Byers
>>HBJ8L/36666
>>BJ8 Registry
>>Havelock, NC USA
>>
>>---- Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Steve:
>>>
>>>You are absolutely right!  Brain freeze or too much vodka - not sure
>>>      
>>>
>>which.
>>    
>>
>>>I'm copying this to the list to avoid misleading others.
>>>
>>>I'm still betting on battery posts, though.
>>>
>>>Cheers,  -------  Earl
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