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| simonjb |
 Mar 2 2018, 12:06 PM
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KiwiMan  Group: Members Posts: 563 Joined: 18-October 16 From: Stamford, Connecticut Member No.: 20,505 Region Association: North East States 
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Two questions..
1) Which tab does the Yellow wire connect to? 2) What connects to the second Tab? Attached image(s) 
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| JFG |
Mar 2 2018, 12:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 686 Joined: 7-April 16 From: Wales Member No.: 19,869 Region Association: None |
With the starter fitted the yellow (ignition?) Wire goes to the top on mine. Nothing else is connected on mine.
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| Dave_Darling |
Mar 2 2018, 12:53 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Those two tabs should be electrically identical to each other. Put the yellow wire on whichever one is more convenient. I don't know why there are two; probably it was easier to make that way for different applications or cheaper to buy more of the part with two connectors than getting a smaller number of ones with single connectors.
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| jcd914 |
Mar 2 2018, 02:28 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
Different application.
For some vehicles that used ballast resistors in the power circuit to the ignition coil, there was a wire from the starter to the coil to bypass the ballast resistor during cranking. The wire from the starter is only hot while cranking. The ballast resistor drops the voltage to the coil and during cranking the battery voltage drops. With both the ballast resistor dropping the voltage and cranking dropping the voltage, the voltage to the coil could drop too low. The wire from the starter to the coil bypassed the ballast resistor and during cranking the voltage to the coil was a little higher. It was common on older cars, 914's did not use the circuit. Jim |
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