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So I put a Petronix coil in the Midg. An earlier post said I have to put the original connectors off the Lucas onto the Petronix. It seems to be running fine with the leads connected straight to the coil as it was out of the box.
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Reading your profile you have 79 Midget. I’ll admit that I ain’t an expert on Midgets, but I think they originally the same CEI ignitions setup that you find on the late model MGBs (75-80) like mine.
If that is the case your Midget should have the 45DM4 dizzy has an external electronic amplifier that is normally mounted under the coil on MGBs - not sure about Midgets. Anyway that Amplifier has two wires going to the coil. If these are the two wires you are referring to, then you can disconnect them as they are not required with the Pertronix ignition upgrade. I just disconnected mine and tucked them out of site - should I ever want to re-vert back to the stock ignition setup.
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My tach doesn't work anyway, so is it necessary to put the old connectors on? Am I missing something?
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By this I assume your tach didn’t work before the Pertronix upgrade – so I think you have other issues there. Removing the two wires I am talking about from the Amplifier assembly won’t affect the tachometer. However if you wish to leave them connected is shouldn’t hurt either. I just disconnected mine as the amplifier isn’t used anymore with the Pertronix.
Hope this helps?