Need a wire that comes on with key and stays on when cranking. Current red with green strip turns off when cranking. I can not even find one on the colum????
85 t-bird
Should be that red one with green stripe. Grey/yellow stripe would be power while in "Run" but not while cranking.
so what one do a connect to my red ignition wire on the msd box if I use the red w/ green strip in will fire the msd box when in run mode but not while I crank. Does the msd box know when to fire?? Since it has a postive comming from the battery? msd6al
Like Thunder Chicken said use the R/LG wire. It is hot in both Start and Run.
It goes to the coil and went to the TFI ignition module.
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Mine goes off when the key is in cranking pos. Pulled dash apart tested all wires on the switch none are hot at both postions. I have put the car on a major wire diet. Maybe I pulled somthing out I should't have.
BR/PK wire #262 from ignition swt. terminal 12 is hot in START.
R/LG wire #16 from ignition swt. terminal 11 is hot in RUN.
The two are spliced together at S296
C403 a brown connector with 3 terminals, C232 a brown connector
with 6 terminals and S296 are all located behind the left headlight.
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MSD makes a TFI to MSD harness part number 8874.
http://www.msdignition.com/product.aspx?id=4681