I bought a procomp dist and coil and need help on the wiring. I understand red wire to + side of coil, I also have a short red wire coming off of main red where might this go? Black goes to -side of coil, I also have a short wire coming off black,where might this go? I have a long wire that goes to 12 volt source. My car is a 65 belvedere, do I bypass resistor or go to ign side with long wire? Also there is an opening on bottom of dist, which I assume is opening to adjustable mech advance,shouldn't there be a cover over this opening?

which distributor do you have? mine was 2 wire hook-up - both wires to coil

first what distributor do you have? Pro comp sells a several

I believe a 7000 series. It starts as a two wire, but has the other wires after the plugin.

Then you have a setup similar to landon1 then.

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I bought a procomp dist and coil and need help on the wiring. I understand red wire to + side of coil, I also have a short red wire coming off of main red where might this go?

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So the other you speak of ‘T’s off of the red wire this goes to the keyed power source.

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Black goes to -side of coil, I also have a short wire coming off black,where might this go?

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Again this wire is ‘T’ed off? I would think it would go to your tachometer.

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I have a long wire that goes to 12 volt source.

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So you have three wires that stem off your distributor or just two main wires? Maybe a picture would help. Hopefully landon1 should be able to give some insight since he has the same setup

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My car is a 65 belvedere, do I bypass resistor or go to ign side with long wire?

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Bypass the resistor by removing it. Connect these wires you unplugged together and connect this to you red power lead on the distributor

Thanks for the replys, I think I have it figured out, the onley thing is the opening on the lower part of dist, I assume for adjusting mech advance. Should there be a cover for it? I wouldn't think dust would be good for dist.

I don't think it is a big concern unless you drive in a dusty or wet enviroment.

MSD even sells a vented dist cap for some applications.

i was thinking....maybe you have the same set-up as me, but you have one pigtail coming off of the positive wire and one off the negative wire. could this be for a race car situation where they assume you'll run those wires to a toggle or rocker switch in the car? that's how mine is set-up(toggle + push-button), but my wires run off the coil, not off the distributor wires (same thing)

Thanks for posting this. I am installing this in a customer car and neither unit came with any instructions...

I could really use a laymans wiring diagram for this set up......PLEASE