Coil wire Question

[Lefthander1930]

I'm finishing up my 12 conversion, I notice that the wire from coil to Dist is very long with metal jacket. Why long & metal jacket ? Also if I'm putting in a balast resistor where dose it go ? do I split the coil wire & put it in ?? Thanks

[Bob C]

If you are asking about the primary wire it should go from the distributor
to the ignition switch.

Bob

[Tom Wesenberg]

I've never seen nor heard of anyone putting a metal wrap around an ignition coil wire, but it was probably done to reduce ignition noise in a radio. I'd go with an original plain solid copper wire which the Model A parts houses sell.

[Lefthander1930]

Here is the picture of the wire. From dist to coil .

[Tom Wesenberg]

That's the points wire and an easy to connect aftermarket one. It connects to one side of the switch.

[2manycars]

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If that wire is attached to your coil, the car is not wired the way the factory wired it, which is a wire from the terminal box terminal to the minus side of the coil, and a wire from the plus side of the coil to the ignition switch, and then the cable from the ignition switch to the distributor.

[Lefthander1930]

Thank you guys for the Help, Wife printed out a wiring diagram off the internet. Will be firing it up or try in a few days.