The final solution was to replace the double connector with the two green wires. I cut the two green wires - put faston connectors on each wire, and connected to the coil, worked like a champ. Engine fired right up - tach is operational. I cut the connector apart to see what was wrong and found the copper inside was crushed. No way that was going to make a good mechanical connection. I can only believe that the terminal blades on the new coil were rough or something causing the material snag and curly up inside the connector housing, thus making for a bad connection. Now it works. Thanks to everyone for the input on this. JOhn |
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