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Arthurdaily
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two positives to coil?

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I have two wires going IN to my coil - one is obviously the ignition controlled positie, where would the other one be from? :roll:
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Re: two positives to coil?

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I have obviously looked in the manual, but it only shows one wire entering...
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Re: two positives to coil?

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the other way of looking at it is where does it go to ? :D a 12 volt feed ?
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Re: two positives to coil?

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Hmn... never thought of that... is there anything that is SUPPOSED to run from the coil like that?
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Re: two positives to coil?

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Potentially remnants of a rev counter?
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Re: two positives to coil?

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or a 'fix' when the original wire failed somewhere in the loom?
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Re: two positives to coil?

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Does the car have electronic ignition fitted? These kits tend to have a second wire off the +ve to power the ignition unit.
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