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HEI wiring
Hey guys,
First post here. I tried a search but no luck.
Old 70 Nova 350sbc. I pulled the Accell HEI distibutor out to put a new intake manifold on awhile ago and can't remember the wiring to it. I can't remember if there were one or two wires to it. I have a few wires hanging but I know some were not used and were hanging there already (should have marked them :()
One wire is hot when the ignition switch is on, I assume that one goes to the tab marked "battery". One is marked battery the other is marcked tack, the center is ground?
Do I need to put a ground wire on?
Do I only need one 12 volt wire on the coil?
Thanks,
Brad
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all you need is one wire to the battery male connector on the dist. works great. simple.
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Yup, and the other terminal marked Tach is the pickup wire for your tachometer.... Nothing else required...
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Thanks guys! Sure do appreciate it!:3dSMILE:
Happy motoring,
Brad
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This car originally had a points ignition system and therefore would have had a ballast wire or ballast resistor for the feed wire from the run side of the switch to the coil. If you haven't done so already, replace this wire with a standard insulated copper wire. If the resistor wire is still in the system, you won't be getting a full 12v to the HEI.
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Thanks,
I measured the wire for 12volts with ignition on and cranking.
I don't get spark :CRY:
I believe the distributor is a GM HEI and ONLY the coil is accell. The base of the distributor has a three wire connector coming out of it. I don 't see a plug to mate to it and the terminals don't look like anything has been plugged into it in a long time. There is a module in the base of the distributor under the weights- doesn't that need 12 volts?
Thanks,
Brad
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There are several different HEI configurations. The earliest ones only had the connections at the cap. IF there is a pigtail and connector coming out of the metal distributor body and it does not go to the cap, it is one of the spark control models....
Here is a good reference site:
http://reviews.ebay.com/HEI-Ignition...00000002053885
From this web page and a quick look to see if your distributor has centrifugal advance weights, you should be able to identify the thing. Also, note that different styles had a different module....different number of connector pins as described in the site.
Good luck
Mike in Tucson
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Thanks for all the information - never new there were so many variations to HEI.
:o Plugged the connector to the cap and fired her up. :o
It looks so obvious now but I just couldn't remember the plug going to the cap, I looked for a mating plug off the firewall wiring and never found it. :o
She runs great! :)
Thanks again,
Brad
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Bump....so i can find it later