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Old 08-09-2018, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Don Moyer View Post
Terry, can we assume that your field flashing wire was connected to the negative terminal of your coil rather than the positive terminal? The field flashing wire is the smaller gauge wire of the two wires normally coming from the alternator. Don
Been down this road myself. Now, before I install a new coil, I put a dot of white paint at the negative post of the coil. On my boat it is hard to see the + and - markings on the coil connections when it is installed or even when installing it.

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