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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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Wires coming from distributor

Ok im working on my carb swap from TPi and i just put my new vaccum advance distributor in there are 3 wires coming from it as pictured below. The question i have is I only have 2 wires coming from my stock harness how do i make it work?

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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 10:27 AM
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Re: Wires coming from distributor

the 3 wire connector connects to the distributor cap. (right behind where the 2 wires from your main harness connect). If you look at the first pic, your thumb is pointing at the spot where the 3 wires connect to the cap
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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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Re: Wires coming from distributor

alright i see, so what do i do with my 2 stock wires?
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 05:36 AM
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Re: Wires coming from distributor

the pink wire is going to be your power wire for the distributor. the white one is going to be your tach wire.
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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Re: Wires coming from distributor

so splice the pink wire to the red and the tach wire to the yellow?
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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Re: Wires coming from distributor

There are TWO sets of connectors aready build into the distributor cap. Closest to the body of the distributor is a row of 3 terminals that your 3 wire plug with pop right onto. Further out on that "square" protruding from the side of the cap is a set of 2 ADDITIONAL connectors- that's where the pink and wire wires go. Pink to "+12V" terminal, white to "TACH" terminal.

That green wire in the picture is NOT the tach signal wire. The tach wire in a stock wiring harness is white (often faded a little yellowish over time, but definitely not green). The Tach signal wire should also have the same style of connector on the end that your pink/power wire has.
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