[Healeys] Starter Problem now an ignition problem!!

[Per Schoerner]

Derek
The wiring in this area is quite different on a BJ8, in that it has the 
starter function incorporated in the ignition switch, and it has an 
electronic rev counter. The rev counter is involved in the ignition, it 
has this little white wire loop on the back of the rev counter. This is 
the wire from the ignition switch to the coil. If you remove the rev 
counter, for whatever reason, and not connect the white wire at the back 
of it correctly the engine wont start.
The fuse box on a BJ8 is fed directly from the ignition switch, thus 
only one white wire at the coil.
Your rev counter, does it happen to be a Smiths RVI type? You can see 
that on the face of the rev counter. RVI 2602/00 for example.
Also, that little white with black wire, which terminal on the coil is 
it connected to? The same as the points or is it the one with the white 
wire?
It's quite important that you fix this quickly, because if it is as I 
suspect your ignition is powered by the white with black wire. That 
means that whenever you turn the battery master switch on your ignition 
is on. That doesn't really matter if you always turn the power off when 
you stop the engine. But if you forget that your coil might overheat.

Per

Derek Job skrev 2012-07-19 20:22:
> Is the wiring diagram for a BJ8 different from a 3000. I have a BJ8 engine,
> electronic tach, (Not original type) , running negative ground with an
> alternator. My 100-Six wiring diagram shows two white wires to the coil,
> one goes to the fuse box and the other to the ignition however I have just
> noticed my car has only one wire going to the positive terminal of the
> coil.