turtle1173
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2001
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- 437
Hi all,<br /><br /> Many of you have helped me with my problems on a 1976 55HP Chrysler. I have been struggling with this thing for a year now. My problem initially was a lot of missing from the bottom cylinder. It got worse and worse and now I can't get the bottom cylinder to "catch" and it will only hit on one cylinder.<br /><br /> I was just looking through the wiring diagrams in my manual and I might have made a discovery that could make a difference with this.<br /><br /> My coils are hooked up backwards. According to the diagram, the blue wire hooks to "+" and the white or brown wire goes to "-" terminals. Mine are reversed (blue is on negative, white is on positive).<br /><br /> Should the engine even run with it hooked up this way (Obviously it does, although poorly)? Technically speaking, what happens when the engine is run this way? I'm guessing it is terrible on the entire ignition system, especially the coils.<br /><br /> And finally, could this be my problem that I've had for the past year?????<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Shane