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Chevrolet Monte Carlo Forum : “Cant get no power to distributor cap”

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tmelt2
11/05/2009, 7:50PM
About: 1981 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Cant get no power to distributor cap

I need to know what we can try to do to get power to distributor cap, we have checked fuses, wires, made sure no wires were pinched, i think it has something to do with a green wire. Tried everything, does anyone have any ideas? I dont know what else to do.

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Michael14285
11/05/2009, 10:14PM

It sounds like you missed installing a wire or two into the cap
The three wire plug from the distributor plugs into the cap closest to the cap
There should be two more wires if it has a tach.
One is off white which plugs into left outer side for tach feed and then there should be a heavy red
wire that plugs right outer side of the cap as pictured.
This wire is fed from the ignition switch

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