wont start with msd hooked up???

whitepony · 06-11-2004, 01:50 PM

ok i bout an msd 6al a while back and just got around to installing in anyway i didnt get the easy hook up it looked easy enought the other way. and way i hook up the ground to my starter solniod and same with my pos. and i put the the orange on pos on my coil and black on ground then red to red/green and white to green/yellow (i think yellow)

but i get NOTHING wont start. as soon as i change it around back the way it was first try starts

any ideas??

PKRWUD · 06-12-2004, 02:17 PM

What do you mean you "hook the ground to your starter solenoid"?

~The Jester~ · 06-12-2004, 02:58 PM

If you have the white wire grounded, it's NEVER gonna start. You can use the white wire as a theft deterent, if it's grounded NO SPARK. Simple.

whitepony · 06-12-2004, 07:13 PM

i took the bigger blck wire and grounded it to where the battery ground is on the solenoid. is that where i should have put it??

so if the white wire is on the green wire from the coil plug its grounded??
i'll check for spark.
thanks
mike

go4it · 06-12-2004, 08:18 PM

Hook the heavy black wire straight to the battery negative post. Sounds like you have the white wire hooked up right -- it goes to the dark green/yellow wire like you said.

whitepony · 06-13-2004, 08:56 AM

ok i'll try that with the ground
ya my white wire is good

thanks mike

GhettoPop · 06-13-2004, 10:24 AM

heavy black = (-) batt post
heavy red = (+) batt post
mag pickup = not used
orange = (+) side of coil
black = (-)side of coil
red = red and light green (disconnected from coil)
white = dark green and yellow (disconnected from coil)

PKRWUD · 06-14-2004, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by whitepony
i took the bigger blck wire and grounded it to where the battery ground is on the solenoid. is that where i should have put it??

If you follow the wire routing listed above, you should be fine, but your reply here is what's concerning me. There is no negative battery terminal on the solenoid. One side goes to the positive battery cable, and the other goes to the starter. Am I not understanding you correctly?

whitepony · 06-14-2004, 06:14 PM

right beside the pos. wire to my battery on the soleniod is where the ground for my battery is and i just put the ground for the msd there with it??
i hope that is better for ya

thanks
mike

06-11-2004, 01:50 PM	#1
whitepony Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ontario canada Posts: 165	wont start with msd hooked up??? ok i bout an msd 6al a while back and just got around to installing in anyway i didnt get the easy hook up it looked easy enought the other way. and way i hook up the ground to my starter solniod and same with my pos. and i put the the orange on pos on my coil and black on ground then red to red/green and white to green/yellow (i think yellow) but i get NOTHING wont start. as soon as i change it around back the way it was first try starts any ideas??

06-12-2004, 02:17 PM	#2
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	What do you mean you "hook the ground to your starter solenoid"? __________________ Webmaster: Rice Haters Club Jim Porter Racing Peckerwoods Pit Stop Support Your Local RED & WHITE!

06-12-2004, 02:58 PM	#3
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	If you have the white wire grounded, it's NEVER gonna start. You can use the white wire as a theft deterent, if it's grounded NO SPARK. Simple. __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

06-12-2004, 08:18 PM	#5
go4it Registered Member Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Wise,Va. Posts: 248	Hook the heavy black wire straight to the battery negative post. Sounds like you have the white wire hooked up right -- it goes to the dark green/yellow wire like you said. __________________ 93GT, B-50 Forged 327, S-trim, SFMU, TFS TW heads, TFS stage 2 cam, Ported Cobra intake, AFM powerpipe, PRO-M 75mm massair, 75mm throttle body, 42lb.inj. 1 5/8 headers, 2 1/2 h-pipe and exhaust, 2 chamber Flowmasters, 3.55 gears, Elder.timing gears, Black Magic fan, FMS aluminum radiator, MSD6al/BTM, MSD coil, MSD shift light, subframe connectors, A-pillar gauges, Hurst shifter, C4, 3500 stall, 130amp alt., 73mm calipars. 2001 Red Lightning #913 2004 F150 FX4

06-13-2004, 10:24 AM	#7
GhettoPop Gimme a Drink! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 694	heavy black = (-) batt post heavy red = (+) batt post mag pickup = not used orange = (+) side of coil black = (-)side of coil red = red and light green (disconnected from coil) white = dark green and yellow (disconnected from coil) __________________ 1990 GT,stock T-5,K&N w/o air silencer,March underdrives,FMS wires,timing@14*,PA Perf 130amp alt,Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter,Steeda adj quadrant/clutch cable/firewall adj,Centerforce II clutch,o/r x-pipe,Magnaflow SS catback,g-load brace, subframes,Bilstein struts/shocks,Autometer gauges, 136k and running strong!

06-12-2004, 07:13 PM	#4
whitepony Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ontario canada Posts: 165	i took the bigger blck wire and grounded it to where the battery ground is on the solenoid. is that where i should have put it?? so if the white wire is on the green wire from the coil plug its grounded?? i'll check for spark. thanks mike

06-13-2004, 08:56 AM	#6
whitepony Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ontario canada Posts: 165	ok i'll try that with the ground ya my white wire is good thanks mike

06-14-2004, 06:14 PM	#9
whitepony Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ontario canada Posts: 165	right beside the pos. wire to my battery on the soleniod is where the ground for my battery is and i just put the ground for the msd there with it?? i hope that is better for ya thanks mike

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