i just replaced my stater and module and i went to start it up and it fried the coil, i noticed there were 2 wires to the coil not plugged in and 2 were, on that wasnt plugged in was a black wire, could this be the ground? or how does the coil ground its self?

motor is a 5.0 if that helps

 

like a easy to read diagram of the wires would be nice

 

2 wires to the coil, and that third one. That third one usually hooks to a noise suppressor. It doesn't have to be there, it's not why it fried.

 

i got 4 of them man, 2 are disconnected one is black how does the coil ground?

 

Spark plug.................................Darn, now everybody's gonna know! Hold the end of a coilwire w/ your one hand & your other on just about anything. Now your the ground! Up close and personal! How do you know the coil wasn't already fried?

 

well the wire i been lookin at is coming off of where the coil is mounted... whats that do?

 

year

 

1989

 

and another confusing thing, both my wires coming off the coil have power even the one the the (-) that bad?

 

On my 87' I have 1 white w/ lt blue stripe, to the +. 2 Green wires off the -, one goes to an inline fuse & splits into a green wire& a red wire coming out of the inline fuse. If you have 4 wires & no inline fuse, someone has eliminated the inline fuse & gone straight to the - coil connection w/ the two greens & the red.. Know what I mean Vern? That will work, but the missing fuse (if missing) was protecting something! Next time we'll bundle & mark them wont we!