'55 640 Electrical issues

Any suggestions? Is there a diagram I can check out somewhere? The project budget is about finished and I am struggling to understand how the dist and coil should be wired.

I always tell people to get their points ignition in order BEFORE swapping to an EI.. makes it sooo much easier.

If your Ei didn't come with a wire diagram.. call em up.. you paid them the big bucks for that module.

Id your unit 6v? 12v? etc.. need more info to help you out here.

soundguy

The real problem was that all the wiring that was there to begin with was degraded so badly that just touching it was cause for it to fall apart. It was hard to trace.

Maybe I should get a new set of points to troubleshoot? Still a little shaky about the wiring. Is a diagram around somewhere?

Copy and paste this >Link

into>Link your address bar. There you will find numerous diagrams for the 600 series according to whether or not you have a 1 or 3 wire 12 volt conversion with or without diode. Hope this is as helpful to you as it was to me. It also has a lot of other useful info.

ED 1955 640 halfway there

That's the 'EZ' wire diagram for all fords from sidemount 8n thru 00 gas hundred series with alternators and side coils..

with that.. and the info from your EI module.. you should be ok.

( that leaves out starter solenoid.. but.. you wire up what yuo've got based on what type it is... sounds like yours is NON-oem... so can't comment on it.. )

Soundguy

The wiring for the coil should be in the kit you got. Is it not?

Check that you have power to the coil and dist. That may be the issue.

luck,
jb