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Topic: Resistance wire?
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stang106
Gearhead Posts: 780
From: God's Country!... Port Alberni B.C. Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 06-03-2002 04:22 AM
   
Does my '70 mustang have either a ballest resistor or a resistor wire? I'm installing a Crane Fireball XR3000 optically triggered ignition system and any resistors need to be removed.
Thanks,
Dave------------------
'70 ragtop Stang
"I live my life 16.090 seconds at a time"
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 6677
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-03-2002 06:50 AM
Yes, I believe it has a resistor wire. It is pink. At least the 68 does, and I've seen the wire listed in NPD catalog.
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BLstangin
Gearhead Posts: 765
From: St. James, MN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-03-2002 10:44 AM
Yes, my 70 coupe had a resistance wire in it, and it is somewhere in the ignition wire after the ignition switch and before it goes out the firewall. My dad, tested the wires and found that we were only getting 2 volts to my coil, so we tested the harness, and found that it isn't in the engine compartment. How we fixed it, is we taped another wire along side the old one, and hooked it up to the factory connecter with an end my dad got at John Deere. And yes it is a pink wire.
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70 Pony
Gearhead Posts: 1815
From: Glenmoore, PA, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-03-2002 03:54 PM
Definitely a resistance wire that has to be by passed with hotter ignitions.------------------
EDDIE D
Resto Mod '70 Sport Roof
Arrest Me Red
'02 GT, Torch Red
"If I knew I would have lived this long, I would have taken better care of myself !"
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stang106
Gearhead Posts: 780
From: God's Country!... Port Alberni B.C. Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 06-03-2002 07:35 PM
So which wire exactely is the resistor wire? Is it the coil to distributor or the firewall to coil or the switch to firewall and/or coil? I need to get rid of it tonight!
Dave
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 42859
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-03-2002 07:55 PM
It's the positive circuit, from the coil all the way to the fuse box. You don't need to remove it, just unplug it and find a switched 12v power supply. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 ~ '72 Mustang Sprint ~ '94 F-150
MCA Member # 47773 "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 42859
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-03-2002 07:56 PM
Oh, and it is pink on a '70.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 ~ '72 Mustang Sprint ~ '94 F-150
MCA Member # 47773 "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
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