Ron-
> This is what you said:
>
> <<snip>>
> The big black wire (MSD to Battery positive) was hotter
> than
> > HELL.
> >
> > Disconnected the big red (MSD to Battery Negative) wire from the hot
post
> in
> > the fusebox,
> <<snip>>
I also said that the truck started, idled smoothly and sounded great.
> The MSD black wire should go to battery negative.
>
> The MSD red wire should go to battery positive.
>
> Just exactly like your battery cables, red to positive and black to
> negative.
All true.
> Did you wire your battery backwards too?
Not likely, given that the main symptom is a wire that gets very hot, very
quickly. On a running truck. I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid. Mostly, I
am tired and (probably as a result) not especially good at proofreading my
own typing. I must have wired my hands on backwards.
Grady Ogburn
'98 Sport CC 4x4
5.2l, 5 Speed
Mesa Headers & Cat
K&N FIPK, JET PCM
Gibson/MagnaFlow "FrankenPipe" Exhaust
Leer Topper
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