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ok ive got a 1980 4x4 luv w/ac and i went to install my pertronix 1643 ignitor and i cannot for the life of me remember where the black wire w/red stripe from the factory harness goes, please help this truck is the greatest vehicle in the world when it runs lol... any help would be greatly appreciated...

Negative terminal of the coil on my '78.

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1978 Mikado *Weber 32/36*Offenhauser intake manifold*Pacesetter header*Custom exhaust*Pertronix Ignitor & Flamethrower 40,000v coil*

i should have been more specific... theres already a red and black wire on the coil, originally it came off the little sidepost on the distributor, where on the distributor does it go after installing the pertronix ignitor... i have the nippondenso distributor and 1643 ignitor...

I just checked, looks like I have mine taped off. Possibly power for the condenser/points? Its been over a year since I did the swap so I can't remember the details, sorry. But the truck runs great with it disconnected.

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1978 Mikado *Weber 32/36*Offenhauser intake manifold*Pacesetter header*Custom exhaust*Pertronix Ignitor & Flamethrower 40,000v coil*

it ran with it connected to the neg term on the coil and disconnected it took couple hours of tracing wires in my haynes manual and came to the same conclusion... so now that we've cleared that up what should my gap b set at??? stock .30 or 81+ with the .40 gap???

I'm running .40.

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1978 Mikado *Weber 32/36*Offenhauser intake manifold*Pacesetter header*Custom exhaust*Pertronix Ignitor & Flamethrower 40,000v coil*

awesome me too:) so ive got it right... such a strange set up coming from efi to carb huge lerning curve...

I know how you feel, I felt like I had to re-learn everything I knew about fuel delivery once I got this truck. Now that I'm getting the hang of it though, it's pretty nice how everything is mechanical and responds to tinkering.

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1978 Mikado *Weber 32/36*Offenhauser intake manifold*Pacesetter header*Custom exhaust*Pertronix Ignitor & Flamethrower 40,000v coil*