<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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