distributor wiring
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i cant seem to see any + or- on either the dist or coil can someone tell me how to wire this in please.

There is a special plug for that if you want one drop me a pm

The wire code is as follows the left hand terminal as pictured white wire, the right hand terminal as pictured white wire with black tracer.

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i have the plug that goes on the distributor, and have found out that that coil is off a cavalier, it doesnt have + or - on it so if i connect it up wrongly what will i break? gonna have to guess which is which.

probably best to get a mini coil

You probably won't break anything as such but "conventional" coils are auto transformers (ie, the primary is wound in series with the secondary) so you wont get such a high voltage out if the primary is connected backwards. Check first with a DVM that the two low voltage connections are NOT connected in any way to the frame (ie, have no path to earth). If they do, it is not a "conventional" auto transformer and you could damage the module if connected wrongly.

Much more important though, if it's from a cavalier it is probably completely the wrong impedance for the Leyland/Rover electronic ignition module.

Why aren't you using the correct electronic ignition coil that belongs with the Leyland/Rover module ???

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???