I know what the manual says, but it's wrong. Why would you wire it
directly to +12 for units without resistors and to the varying voltage
on the other side of the resistor on units with one? The ignition module
should have a steady +12V in.
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> George, what you say is incorrect according to the Crane manual. It says to
>connect the red wire to the Coil + terminal and the Yellow wire to the
> COil - terminal.
>
> Joe Curry
>
> George Richardson wrote:
> >
> > Two things here:
> >
> > First, use the MSD resistor. Don't worry about what Crane says.
> >
> > Second, the Crane should be wired to take it's voltage from the vehicle
> > power source, *NOT* the positive side of a coil that's wired to a
> > resistor. Move the Crane positive wire to the positive side of the
> > resistor.
> >
> > I've put a Crane XR700 on my resistor equipped Stag, red wire to
> > resistor positive (away from coil), yellow wire to coil negative side,
> > and black wire to chassis ground.
> >
OT be sent.
--
George Richardson
Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559LT -
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
Griffin - '71 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver - when running!
Pikachu - '75 Triumph TR6 - undergoing repair
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