John,
The 3 to 2 wire difference shouldn't be an issue. But, if you look on the 4
wire connector, the black and purple wires are swapped on the module with
the blue grommet. Reversing these 2 wires should fix the problem.
Dave Farbacher
----- Original Message -----
From: John T. Blair <jblair@exis.net>
To: <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:38 PM
Subject: Ign. module problems
> While trying to find out about the water port in the intake manifold about
> 2 weeks ago, someone I was talking to, mentioned that he had replaced his
> ign. module and the new module would not work.
>
> The original module has a black rubber where the wire come out. The wires
> come out in 2 bundles, 1 connector has 4 wires, the other has 3 wires. The
> 3 wire connector appears to be where the unit gets its power from.
>
> I purchased an aftermarket ign module. The new module has blue rubber
where
> the wires come out and the 3 wire connector only has 2 wires. There was a
> note in the box, about a design change and that the new module should
work.
>
> I have the engine running on the old module, but when I plug in the new
> module, the eng. will NOT fire. The white wire (on the module) is
connected
> to starter solenoid - for power during the "Start" phase and the red wire
to
> 12v in the "run" phase.
>
> The wires on the 4 wire connector are connected as follows:
>
> Purple - to 1 side of the dist. pick up coil.
> Orange - to otherside of dist. pick up coil.
> Black - to the dist. for ground
> Green - to the Tach. side of the coil.
>
> The person I was talking to (sorry I don't remember who it was - I talked
to
> about 20 people that afternoon) said that he had contacted Terry and that
> Terry said that he needed a new dist. wiring harness. Once he got a new
> harness, everything worked fine.
>
> Well, I'm trying to figure out why the new module will not fire the eng.
and
> how the "new" dist. harness differs from the original harness.
>
> Anyone had problems like this, and been able to fix it?
>
> TIA
>
> John
>
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
> Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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