Coil + & - ?

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Hi Chaps just bought a new coil for the old girl and on my old coil it has printed SW and CB and on the new one it just has + and -. Which is which guys? You think I would of looked before I took the old leads off.

Thanks chaps

Joe

[harvey]

On a negative earth car the negative side of the coil goes to the distributor.

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cheers harvey, i will do that frist thing in the morning, the other weird thing is that the old coil has this weird pad lock type thing on it that bolts to the body, i think its a safety type thing, god i miss my manual (left by road side last month) will have to get a new one. cheers

[Deleted]

That sounds like the theif proof coil protection.
Inside is the wire that acts as a ballast resistor so be careful with it.
It is possible to carefully transfer the best part of it on to the new coil.

Take care

Freddy

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Thanks Freddy, it was what you said. It took half an hour but I managed to slip the old coil from its weird bondage holding. Im new to this but ive never seen anything like it before, was it a extra or did it come as standard, as I have looked at photos on this site and cant see another one. Anyway, she is alive and kicking again, chhers

joe

[Phil Nottingham]

Post a picture?

The thief proof set up was standard from approx 1971 - never very reliable and best dispensed with

Hope you have got the correct coil for a ballast resistor (if you have one) otherwise it will not work properly

[Warwick (Ozcoupe)]

I don't think you chaps understand. It was never meant to be reliable; it's a thief-proof coil. The component's reputation is what ensures that your coil is never stolen.

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i will take a photo later when ive worked out how to up load them, but it is working just fine (A+) and its a bog standard coil from wadhams.