Stupid Question Time

[DNK]

Dan's schematics are great and pretty. One thing he doesn't label. Which side of the coil is which.
The white wire goes to the (+) correct??

 

[Andrew Mace]

Yes! :thumbsup:

 

[Gliderman8]

According to the schematics I have the white wire is goes to the pos side of the coil... it should come from the ignition switch.

 

[DNK]

Danka

 

[TR3driver]

Just for clarity (and others who may read this thread), the white wire goes to (+) only if you are working on a negative ground car without an external ballast resistor (like Don's TR6).

 

[DNK]

So my sense wire on my tach also goes to the (-) correct?

 

[TR3driver]

If it has only one sense wire, then yes. Some of the earlier Smiths tachs had two sense connections, and got connected in series with the hot terminal on the coil.

 

[DNK]

Retro'd TR6 tach

 

[TR3driver]

Retro'd TR6 tach

Always best to check with whoever did the conversion ... but almost certainly it goes to the coil (-).

Unless of course you're using a fancy ignition box (like a MSD 6).

 

[DNK]

Nope
This

 

[Brosky]

OR......if you have a Pertronic's ignition, the Red goes to the Positive and the Black to Negative.

 

[TR3driver]

Looks like a GM HEI module ??

 

[DNK]

YEP