Wiring harness
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Telman2
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When I started this thread my intention was to straighten up a wiring mess and save a couple of bucks. After reading what I have I think spending more money on a quality product is the cheapest way to go. I've ordered both the "Painless" and "Ron Francis" catalogs. I really like the remote control battery disconnect Ron Francis offers.
tbucketlar
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I'm just getting started with my ron francis kit. Hopefully if enough time this week I'll get my bucket fired up. This is my 2nd kit I used little bit more expensive but you get what u pay for. I think it's 2nd to none. Just my 2 cents worth. Lar
Todd
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tbucketlar said:I'm just getting started with my ron francis kit. Hopefully if enough time this week I'll get my bucket fired up. This is my 2nd kit I used little bit more expensive but you get what u pay for. I think it's 2nd to none. Just my 2 cents worth. Lar
Well, second to the first kit you used
. Sorry, I couldn't stop myself.Its good to hear everyones experiences with the wiring kits. We can make better choices from others mistakes and success'.
Telman2
Active Member
Youngster said:
I originally wired the car from scratch 40 years ago but with all the changes over the years the wiring has become an abortion. I figured the cleanest way to fix everything was to go with a kit. I just received the Ron Francis catalog in the mail today and am still awaiting the Painless. Looking through it I have to admit I've been overwhelmed with the options available to me. If anyone has had any problems or a bad experience with a Ron Francis kit I would appreciate hearing from you.
all-world1
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Youngster said:
Ron, do you have a schematic that you can share?
I have an "It's a Snap" kit
that I was originally going to use on a past project, but after reading the previous posts, think I'll unload it.
Todd
Member
I bought that book Years ago and it's a cartoon book pretty out dated.But it does help kinda if you never wired a car before with the basics.There have been several diagrams posted here that are real good.I have american auto wires if anyone wants a copy.Just give your name+ address.And give me a week to copy them.
tbucketlar
New Member
I was cranking my engine over so I could find compression stroke. I had my coil hook up & I might have left the Key on a few minutes later coil got so hot that the oil spewed out. it was so hot that u can't even touch it. the coil was laying on the intake not grounded would that have caused it to get hot like that.:sad:
Duke
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This is just a wild guess, but here goes. With the coil just laying on the manifold the neg. side terminal may have been grounded by touching the manifold. With the key on there could have been continuous volt/amps through the coil. I would get a new coil, overheating like that most likely destroyed the coil insulation and the oil in the coil is for cooling and damping EMR. Like I said - just a guess. 
tbucketlar
New Member
Thanks for your reply Duke. I'm going to get a new coil tommorrow. I hope that is the problem. Hope it didn't hurt the distributor. Cold weather is starting to set in want to get it running this weekend so i can check everything out then I can put body on & proceed on.:lol:
tbucketlar
New Member
I finally got around to making another atempt to starting it up. Got me another coil hooked it up & after a few minutes of hard cranking she fired upwith open headers. Pretty loud but sure sounded good. I was really worried that I might have toasted the distributor but everything seems ok.
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