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Old Oct 24, 2014 | 11:46 AM
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1983 bronco (close enough right?) It's a rats nest and the wiring is a mess now and i'm seriously considering wiring each system on the truck independently and up to a switch panel where the radio used to be, ignition and all it's not sparking and i'm willing to bet it's a wiring problem. Has anyone done this or know anywhere I can look for help? I searched google yesterday and couldn't find what I need. Don't have to worry about being street legal I don't think it'll see the road again.
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Old Oct 25, 2014 | 11:52 AM
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Well if your not worried about legalness. Thdn just use the electrical systems you need. And I guess your meaning that its not firing on all cylinders when you say not sparking. So id check time. And the distributor. Wires and plugs. . .

Wiring in to a switch block wont be to hard. Just find your hot wires for what you want to run. (ignition. lights. Fuel pump etc.. ) and wire them in to your switch block. Jegs sells switch blocks fairly cheap. And even pre fused.
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Old Oct 25, 2014 | 12:42 PM
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Thanks I do need to go through that the truck sat for a while before I got ahold of it. By not sparking I meant it's not firing at all, turns over fine but won't start at all and I have no power anywhere on the truck. I like the blocks from wiringproducts.com and had planned to use something like this. My biggest question I guess would be how to power the ignition system. I can wire decently but I'm an electrician by no means, It could be simple and I'm just not understanding it.
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 12:09 AM
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The ignition is wired in my pull truck. Works fine for me. Just cant catch start it with a dead battery
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 01:12 PM
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My battery is brand new, how did you wire the ignition to work?
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 04:20 PM
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Do you have any keyed power?
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 05:25 PM
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No no power at all.
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Old Oct 26, 2014 | 11:38 PM
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Youll havd to grt a toggle on the coil and the distributor and a switch on the coil.. id brt tho its something simple whu theres no power
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Solenoid**
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Old Oct 27, 2014 | 12:08 AM
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Good thinking but the solenoid works fine it's brand new, truck didn't have one when I brought it home.
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