1970-1971 Ford and Mercury - wiring ignition coil

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Topic: wiring ignition coil

Posted By: c_vericker
Subject: wiring ignition coil
Date Posted: 08-May-2006 at 1:42AM

I have a 1971 Torino 500 and just completed a motor swap. Now I can't get any spark. I am pretty sure that the problem is with my wiring to the ignition coil. It looks like the previous ower tried rewiring it but I think he messed it up. Could some please tell me what wires need to go to the coil?

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Posted By: GranTorinoSport
Date Posted: 22-May-2006 at 6:35PM

One wire goes to the switched power (12 Volts when power is on) - that is the "hot side" of the coil (+). The other side goes to the distributor.

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