MK1 wiring question- conversion from points to elec. ign.

[Cmr446@cs.com (Cmr446@cs.com)]

  So if I were to convert my 77's points ignition to electronic, I should 
eliminate the starter signal wire, right? 
  Also, if I remeber right, someone mentioned in a post not too long ago that 
the resistance wire was white, or white and another color? I finally pulled a 
non-k.s. electronic ignition today; distr., wires, and it's little brain. Of 
the wires, a red/black lead runs from behind the fuse panel to a plastic 
connector at the coil. On this same connector is a green wire that runs to 
the module. A black wire goes from the opposite side of the coil to the 
module as well. 
  Should I run the red/black lead from the coil, to the same connection as 
the on the points coil (power to the coil)? 
  Donor car was an '89 cabriolet. 

Carl
77rocco (back to the lift for more suspension work tomorrow)
89fox


In a message dated 8/21/02 6:40:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
76Rocco@earthlink.net writes:

<< You should only have two, your '81 has elctronic ignition and therefore 
does
 not require the wire that leads from the starter signal wire terminal to the
 + side of the ignition coil, this was installed on the "79 and earlier cars
 that had ignition points and this wire fed full battery power during
 cranking as oposed to the lower voltage supplied through the resistor wire
 leading from the fusebox, ignition points will burn up very quickly with
 full voltage but by them wiring it this way during cranking it gives a
 hotter spark while starting. >>