GETTIN REAL OLD REAL QUICK.....................

[xbanone]

OK, GOT MY PAGE 14 OF THE CENTECH INSTRUCTIONS, ALL MY WIRING INCLUDING THE SOLENIOD IS CORRECT, THE BRONCO STILL WONT KEEP RUNING AFTER THE KEY IS BACK IN THE RUN POSITION, WHATS THE DEAL, IS IT THE COLD WEATHER? IT RAN LIKE A JEWL THE LAST TIME I HAD IT RUNNING BUT ITS BEEN DOWN SINCE SEPTEMBER, WHATS THE DEAL?

 

[JTCamp]

I really think you aren't getting power to the coil or ignition box after you release the key to the run position. As I said before, I have a Pertronix setup(converted from points) and I only use the purple "start" and the blue "dist mod" wires. The Pertronix setup is wired with a pos. and a neg. that connect to the coil and in addition the blue "dist mod" connects to the pos. side of the coil. The purple "start" wire connects to the "s" terminal on the solenoid. I don't use the white "coil" wire. I don't have any experience with the Duraspark setup, but I thought this information might help. How does your 3 wire connector, the one that contains the blue, white and purple wires, hook up? I think your problem might be here. <br><br>John

 

[JTCamp]

Also, you said you had a Accel coil right? If it is aftermarket I would be willing to bet you don't need the ballast resistor. The coil receives full 12 volts at startup, but then the ballast resistor cuts it down to about 9 volts in a stock setup(might use a resistor wire instead of a ballast), but with an aftermarket you can run the full 12 volts at all times. That is why you have 2 seperate wires, start and coil, 12 and 9 volts. Anyway, when you release the key the voltage might not be enough to keep the EB running.

 

[xbanone]

The blue wire goes to one side of the ballest resistor then to the ignition box, the purple start wire goes directly into the ignition box, the white wire goes to the other side of the box then into the + side of the coil, is this how it's supposed to be? The accel FAQ section of thier website says i need to use the stock ballest resistor with thier coil, does the resistor supplied in the kit equal the resistance of the stock resistor? I know the stock harness used a "resistor wire" what is the difference between that and the ballest (if any? ) ??

 

[thesnake]

I'd call centech and talk to Jim. It's worth the call.<br><br>snake

 

[JTCamp]

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The blue wire goes to one side of the ballest resistor then to the ignition box, the purple start wire goes directly into the ignition box, the white wire goes to the other side of the box then into the + side of the coil, is this how it's supposed to be? The accel FAQ section of thier website says i need to use the stock ballest resistor with thier coil, does the resistor supplied in the kit equal the resistance of the stock resistor? I know the stock harness used a "resistor wire" what is the difference between that and the ballest (if any? ) ??
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Have you looked at page 15 of the instructions? As I look at it here is what I have for Duraspark install in relation to the 3 wire connector(they call engine harness):

blue--goes to the ballast resistor, then from that same terminal(not the other side of the ballast resistor) it mates with the stock harness in the 2 pin connector** with the wire that is red/white).

violet--goes directly to the 2 pin connector** with the wire that is light blue.

**the instructions call this connector the "distributor plug"

white--goes to the free terminal on the ballast resistor, NOT the one that the blue should be attached to, and from there it goes to the positive side of the "Ford coil connector"...I assume this could also be substituted for the positive coil terminal

*note: there are seperate violet and white wires that are for the solenoid connections.

*also I noticed you said your white wire went to the other side of the box, then to the positive side of the coil...other side of the box? maybe the problem is there?

I hope this helps some, however Centech is really helpful if you haven't already called them.

John

 

[SteveL]

you could get rid of all the excess wiring and run a DUI ignition.

 

[edjolly]

Have you checked the voltages at the ballast resistor and coil with the key in the run position?<br>Do you have the blue "ign pwr" wire tapped to a wire which feeds your box at the battery sid of the ballast resistor? This was unclear in the instructions and I had to call Centech to clear this up. I have the box power wire and the ign pwr wire double tapped at my ballast resistor so each female spade plug on the resistor has two wires going into it.<br><br>Ed<br>