ZC Distributor Wires, Cant find White Red, Need Help

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Old Sep 26, 2002 | 11:17 AM
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Default ZC Distributor Wires, Cant find White Red, Need Help

When I got my ZC the distributor wires were all cut with about an inch left, I can identify most of them but there is no way for me to find out which one is white red. I don't know anyone else with a ZC to look at, if someone could please go look and where the wires come out of the distributor there is a row of two wires and a row of three, I need the colors of these rows and deseratly need to know which is white/red. Thanks
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Old Sep 26, 2002 | 01:00 PM
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Bump, please anyone, I really need to know. Where the wires come out of the distributor there is a row of three and a row of two wires, on the row of three is the one in the middle plain white or white red.
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Old Sep 26, 2002 | 02:05 PM
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Anyone with a ZC please respond, I can take a picture of what I'm talking about if you don't understand.
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Old Sep 26, 2002 | 06:20 PM
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if you have both si and zc distributors, just take the caps off and compare where the wires go. Don't get the whites crossed.
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Old Sep 27, 2002 | 06:03 AM
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I think one is also thicker than the other. I don't remember which one, but it doesn't matter, just route the thicker dist one to the thicker harness one.

Taking the cap off is probably the easiest thing to do if you can't tell the difference in size.
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Old Sep 28, 2002 | 04:18 AM
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Just go ahead and hook them up. If you have them wrong you won't have any spark at the spark plug. If you don't get any spark, just switch the wires around. I have done this before and it won't hurt anything, just won't start. I get it wrong every time I do one and I have to switch them.
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 03:27 AM
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Yeah I had the two white (thick and thin) mixed up..... swapped them and started right up!
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 07:10 AM
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Just go ahead and hook them up. If you have them wrong you won't have any spark at the spark plug. If you don't get any spark, just switch the wires around. I have done this before and it won't hurt anything, just won't start. I get it wrong every time I do one and I have to switch them.
I did the same thing and nothing bad happened. It just wouldn't start. I swiched the white and white/red around and it started right up, no problems.
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