Thanks for the help, Ron. I wasn't exactly sure so it's always good to ask. What about the rev limiter, do I need to do something with the tach?
It doesn't seem like it'll be too hard to back out of it if I have to.
Chris Hannon
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:20:34 -0700
> From: "Ronald Wong" <ron-wong@home.com>
> Subject: DML: RE: install questions for MSD
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> First off I don't know what color your wires are. My 2000's colors may be
> different than yours so I will try to explain it in terms of what you're
> looking at instead of using colors. If I sound condescending I don't mean
> to. I just want to make sure you understand. I know I was a little
> confused in the beginning as well. I also noticed you ordered a coil to
> replace your stock coil. I hope you also ordered a universal wiring harness
> because it makes backing out a lot easier should your MSD components ever
> fail. The distances I give you in terms of wire lengths may be different
> for your vehicle depending on where you mount the new components.
>
> 1) You have three wires going into your stock coil. The secondary wire is
> the wire which feeds the spark to the distributor and ultimately to your
> spark plugs. This wire is as big as your spark plug wires. The other two
> wires that feed your coil are 16-18 gauge wire. One feeds the coil + side
> and one feeds the coil - side.
>
> 2) You are going to cut those two smaller wires leaving about six inches
> attached to the stock coil. We'll worry about those later.
>
> 3) The other end of those two wires you just cut go to two different places.
> One, the + coil ends up at the ignition where you start your car. That's
> what they call the switched-12-volt connection. The other, the - coil goes
> to the distributor. As the distributor turns a complete circuit is made
> between these two wires for each cylinder. This completed circuit causes
> the 6AL to fire which sends juice to the coil, etc. This +coil wire needs
> to be connected to the small red wire of the 6AL. The -coil wire needs to
> be connected to the small white wire of the 6AL.
>
> 4) The 6AL orange wire needs to be connected to the +coil terminal of your
> new coil. The 6AL small black wire needs to be connected to the -coil
> terminal of your new coil.
>
> 5) The heavy red and black wires from your 6AL should be connected to the
> battery leads in your fuse or junction block. After this you're basically
> done connecting your new equipment up.
>
> 6) Remember your old coil. If you put insulated fast-connects on the two
> wires you cut and fast-connects on the wires going to your new coil, you can
> easily switch back to your oil coil should there be a problem.
>
> Hope this helps. The only thing I didn't explain is the harness or the way
> to back out to the stock ignition. If you have further questions holler.
>
> Ron
> 00 SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
> For modifications see my DML Profile
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Chris Hannon
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 6:39 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: install questions for MSD
>
> Hey guys and gals,
> Getting ready to hook an MSD 6AL in a couple of days. I've got a few
> questions. Here they are:
>
> 1) The white wire from the MSD goes to the white wire that connects to
> the stock coil, correct? And I leave the green wire that goes to the
> stock coil alone?
>
> 2) The red wire, the manual says, goes to a 12 volt source. Which one?
> Can I hook it up to the same thing that powers my head-unit (stereo)?
> What'd you all use?
>
> 3) I don't need to use the magnetic pick-up since I'm using the red and
> white wires, correct? So I just leave that stuff alone?
>
> 4) What about the rev-limiter. Do I need to hook up something from the
> tach to it? I have a little 4800rpm chip on the MSD. Is that all I need?
>
> Thanks for the help. All I'm waiting for is some plug wires from Truck
> Performance (should be here tomorrow) and a coil bracket for the Blaster
> 3 (damn thing is big, maybe I'll make my own bracket) and then I'll be
> ready to hook everything up.
>
> Later,
> Chris Hannon
> '95 Dak Sport 239 soon to be 360ized
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