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Jedi Knight
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My son's 1979 MG Midget that came as a picture puzzle, completely disassembled, has a CEI distributor. The connections from the magnetic sensor to the amplifier is a single two wire keyed connector and only fits one way. There are two wires coming from the amplifier to connect to the cars electrical system, a white wire and a white wire with a black tracer. Both have female spade lug connectors installed. My question is where to connect them and does the cars wiring need to be altered? I'm assuming that the white wire with the black tracer (switched power to trigger the coil?) connects to the - terminal of the coil and no modification to the cars wiring is required as the cars connections currently on the - terminal of the coil attach to the tachometer and to the unused connector for the old EID distributor. I am assuming that the white wire provides power to the CEI amplifier. Does the white wire need to be connected to the old white wire in the unused connector for the old EID distributor, providing 12 VDC to the amplifier at all times, to the ballast resistor, which would provide reduced voltage after the car starts, or to another location? If the wire is connected for 12 VDC at all times the ballast resistor will provide no function. The Bentley, Haynes, and Porter manuals do not show the CEI distributor wiring.
Thanks, Phil
Thanks, Phil