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psimet · 06-10-2021, 04:23 PM

Does anyone have a wiring diagram they could show that shows the coil after the switch to power it down?

I was running new wiring, coil, etc last night and had a helluva time finding the right information for wiring. The wiring diagrams are great but they don't call out the direction of the ammeter ("oh just wire it up and switch it if it's wrong" isn't my style) and everyone kept referencing service bulletins where the wiring was changed to throw the coil in so that its draw would show up on the ammeter.

Now with this information about the ignition and the coil remaining hot, etc...

I would love to see actual wiring diagrams of all these options so I could better understand all these setups. I get it all in theory but I am a visual kind of guy.

Took way too long to wire up everything last night and was made worse by the stellar doc on the MAFCA site that shows some wiring because the ammeter on there has posts reversed for discharge. They call it out in the picture but it didn't dawn on me for the longest time.

06-10-2021, 04:23 PM	#11
psimet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Elgin, IL Posts: 159	Re: Ignition switch question Does anyone have a wiring diagram they could show that shows the coil after the switch to power it down? I was running new wiring, coil, etc last night and had a helluva time finding the right information for wiring. The wiring diagrams are great but they don't call out the direction of the ammeter ("oh just wire it up and switch it if it's wrong" isn't my style) and everyone kept referencing service bulletins where the wiring was changed to throw the coil in so that its draw would show up on the ammeter. Now with this information about the ignition and the coil remaining hot, etc... I would love to see actual wiring diagrams of all these options so I could better understand all these setups. I get it all in theory but I am a visual kind of guy. Took way too long to wire up everything last night and was made worse by the stellar doc on the MAFCA site that shows some wiring because the ammeter on there has posts reversed for discharge. They call it out in the picture but it didn't dawn on me for the longest time.