OMC and Pertronix

[carolynrose]

Help me out someone. I am really close to sorting this thing out. I have discovered that the overstroke switch on an 88 OMC is normally closed and the interupter is normally open if that helps anyone out, it sure helped me fix mine.

I have one issue left. If I put 12v+ to the + side of the coil and remove the resistor wire will that upset the Pertronix or the ESA. I know that the coil + wire currently is a resistor wire which also connects to the ESA. By leaving that wire off the coil and simply running 12v+ switched to the coil will this help or hurt the System? I was thinking of tapping the Purple wire to the alternator.

 

[thannah84]

Re: OMC and Pertronix

Did you happen to get the CDI module for the ESA that will work with the electronic ignition or do the "diode fix" recommended by Pertronix? I went with the new module from CDI rather than the diode fix. If you have the OEM shift assist module it will not interupt the coil.