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Posted by Bill Brauch on December 12, 1999 at 13:53:56 from (209.182.69.15):
In Reply to: Confused on coil posted by mack on December 06, 1999 at 19:14:56:
It will work either way, but the spark will be stronger if it is wired correctly. The coil will also overheat, and possibly fail if wrong. The simple connection rule is that the same terminal of the coil going to the distributor should be the ground terminal of the battery. That is to say, if the tractor is a negative ground system, the negative goes to the distributor (which is grounding the coil to charge it up), and if the tractor has a positive ground system, then the positive terminal of the coil goes to the distributor.
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