1969 Pontiac GTO Coil connection

Tiny
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Silly question I know, however when I changed the coil on the original 400, I did not pay attention to the positive and negative connections. Does the positive or negative go to the distributor cap? Thanks for any help
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 AT 3:27 PM

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Tiny
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Not to the cap. The positive coil terminal gets 12 volts through a ballast resistor or resistor wire from the ignition switch. The negative coil wire goes to ground through the breaker points in the distributor.
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Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 AT 4:09 PM

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