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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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Car: 83 Berlinetta
Engine: 350
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Messed up distributor wiring

Well over the four months since i started my engine, trans swap i forgot how some of the wiring goes and I didnt take good enough pictures or make good enough wiring diagrams.

My car cranks over with the starter but will not fire and I get no spark when I tested with a timing light.

Car is an 83 The motor is a goodwrench 350 and the old motor was an lg4 Vin Deezls new elk motor.

Im pretty sure I just screwed up a wire somewhere if anyone could Identify where i messed up from the pics it would shure help alot. I have a suspicion that its the pink one from one of the wiring diagrams that I saw.
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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Also dont know where this one goes to.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 02:13 PM
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Car: '85 TA
Engine: Carb'd 350, ported 416s
Transmission: retrofitted T5
Axle/Gears: 3.42 7.62" 10-bolt, locker
the only thing i know for sure is that the vacant spot for a plug on the front side in picture 2 is for the tach
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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The Pink wire you are holding is the power, put it in the B+ spot on the cap (where the white wire is now). The white wire is the tach feed to the dash, put it in the tach spot on the cap (the currently vacant spot).
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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yeah, i just checked mine, and 86and96 is right. you've got them backwards.
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