I have been going through, testing and repairing my wiring harnesses. I have been working on the dash wiring and the engine wiring harnesses.
My question involves the ignition wire to the coil. I am now running the Pertronix ignition, but my wiring harness has the resistor wire in it. I have read that the Pertronix ignition needs full 12 volt and that running them through the resistor wire can cause premature failure.
I know many of you suggest running points and I may learn that lesson and go back to them at some point but for now, I will be staying with the Pertronix.
I am thinking about adding a full 12 volt wire to the engine harness. Since I have both harnesses out of the car, it would be relatively easy to add a wire to an open spot in the bulkhead connectors. On the dash harness side, I would tap the same wire that connects to the resistor wire on the engine harness side. Then, I could use one or the other wire, depending on if I was running points or the Pertronix ignition. I would obviously secure and insulate the unused wire.
I did think about replacing the resistor wire completely and then just adding a resistor to the full 12volt wire if I ever went back to points, but I would have to rip apart the harness to replace the resistor wire.
Has anyone done the same? Any thoughts about this approach?
Thanks in advance.
My question involves the ignition wire to the coil. I am now running the Pertronix ignition, but my wiring harness has the resistor wire in it. I have read that the Pertronix ignition needs full 12 volt and that running them through the resistor wire can cause premature failure.
I know many of you suggest running points and I may learn that lesson and go back to them at some point but for now, I will be staying with the Pertronix.
I am thinking about adding a full 12 volt wire to the engine harness. Since I have both harnesses out of the car, it would be relatively easy to add a wire to an open spot in the bulkhead connectors. On the dash harness side, I would tap the same wire that connects to the resistor wire on the engine harness side. Then, I could use one or the other wire, depending on if I was running points or the Pertronix ignition. I would obviously secure and insulate the unused wire.
I did think about replacing the resistor wire completely and then just adding a resistor to the full 12volt wire if I ever went back to points, but I would have to rip apart the harness to replace the resistor wire.
Has anyone done the same? Any thoughts about this approach?
Thanks in advance.