1969 Pontiac GTO Coil connection

1969 PONTIAC GTO
100,000 MILES
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BUCKGTO
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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
Aug 3, 2013 at 8:27 AM
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CARADIODOC
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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.
Aug 3, 2013 at 9:09 AM
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