<VV> Norm's "SEQ"

Frank DuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Wed May 31 02:37:39 EDT 2006


Yes

Ray Rodriguez wrote:
> Frank,
>  
>      Both have the yellow wire connected.  On my cars the yellow wire 
> at the coil changes voltage when cranking.  Based on one reply I got I 
> believe that the extra wire on the positive side of the coil on my 
> Corsa is actually the pick-up for the tach, and therefore not the 
> problem.  Again there is a second wire folded back and taped on the 
> coupe that is giving me trouble, but it seems likely this is a 
> vestigial tach pick-up wire, and it's not connected because the car 
> has no tach.
>  
> This make sense to you guys?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Ray Rodriguez III
> CORSA       
> 65 Corsa 140/4
> 66 500 coupe 95/PG (the problem car)
>
>
>     Both the yellow wire and the resistor wire appear under the
>     terminal on the + screw of the coil on most Corvairs. In Ray's
>     case I think the yellow wire was the disconnected one. Is that
>     correct Ray? If the resistor wire was disconnected from the coil,
>     and the yellow wire was still connected, then the car would start
>     but not run. Yes, tracing the resistor wire back to the main
>     harness connector will find the +12 volt hot wire. The yellow wire
>     does not go to the harness connector directly.
>
>     Frank DuVal
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