glang Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 well if youre going to a non ballasted system (no resistor and you already have the correct coil) the w/y wire from the starter relay will no longer be needed at all and all you need is, as you say, a feed from the ignition "on" direct to the coil +ve. Have you found the white wire that feeds the pink one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) thats the mystery, its in there somewhere, I have two whites coming out of the fuse box, and two on the ing switch, one measures 2.5ohms to the pink, i have just reconnected every thing as it was when i broke down, and it started, now with the engine running I have 12v each side of the coil Edited April 9, 2022 by Guppy916 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 no its almost definitely a white wire that comes off one of the fuses. One fuse should have two white wires going to it, one is from the ignition switch and the other goes to connect with the pink resistance wire somewhere hidden in the loom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 of course you need to get to the rear of your fuse assembly and Ive never done that on your model. Does it unclip and pull away a little from the bulkhead to allow you see the connections on the back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 yes i have taken the parcel shelf out, so I can see the back of the fuse box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 one fuse should have a lot of green wires coming from one side and two white wires on its other side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Thats it, can you pull the white wires off and separate them? If so one will become live when, with the battery connected, you turn on the ignition while the other should be the defunct supply to the coil. Once you have identified it you can try to see if its connected to the pink wire but disconnect the battery first... What would be really useful to know is how long the pink resistor wire is because if short it might be possible to find where it connects to the white wire in the loom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Gland the small white in the photo (above post) connects to the Pink, in my case just behind the battery and below the fuse box, ( you can see it in the photo) then along towards the dip stick to where the two White / Yellow wires joined one to the coil and the other to the starter relay. Now the starter relay wire has been terminated not used any more, and the White / Yellow to the coil has been terminated not used any more, now the White from fuse box to the Pink, has been disconnected and a new White has been joined in behind the battery where I found the joint to the coil, ( the Pink has been terminated no longer in use) and after my first test drive all is grand, also I've now lost the misfire above 3500/4000 rpm Gland, Rob many thanks for your wisdom and help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Excellent and yes the car should now run better with a full strength spark - very important with your set up! Out of interest did you find the actual break in the white/pink wire? Was it a failure in the pink resistance wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Gland, no I didn't find a break I only had 40/50mm of Pink wire each end, as I didn't want to cut open the loom to investigate further, When I back tracked my order for the loom I gave a Rimmer's part number for a non ballasted loom, now when I checked back the guys email quote is a different part number, I only went with him because Rimmer's where out of stock, I took it for granted that I got a non ballasted loom, It has always had 12v coils, Many thanks again for your help 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Excellent, glad you got it sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 it was only with your help, thanks very much test drive number two is about to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 Well all went fine until i filled up with fuel £1.80 per ltr what a rip off... then on the way home the car wouldn't rev round to 6k and the speed wouldn't go over 50mph, I had cyclist queuing behind me, and cramp in my right foot I just couldn't push the peddle down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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