Mp9 coil dicktator and distributor setup connection

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I will rather replace it dont want my car to burn why will it go faulty now all of a sudden is it because i changed to dickator and its straining the coil ? Must i maybe earth on a difrent place?
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When the earth wired burned the car swinged like it has a flat batery and in the 1st swing the wire melted
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You sure your main earth to the body is fine?
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Where is that located?
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Sounds like you have a dodgy earth. its the wire that goes from the negative terminal on the battery to the body and then to the gearbox mount.
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Do your car and all the electronics on your car a huge favour and upgrade that. Just think what it's doing to your ecu.
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I will post secknd pic now thats how ot is connected from batery negative i just started car after work now ot starts 100% i am letting it idle now sofar no problems and wire is cold
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Image cleaned all the ground connections with that and made sure it all is connected properly as the one that burned from the coil was tight but i could move it with my hand so i tightend it more took car for a small drive now it seems fine will monitor and upgrade ground wires to thickers ones as well
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woah man. that negative wire should connect to the body too. It looks like it goes straight from the battery to the gearbox. It should connect to the body where that little brown wire connects in the first pic.

unless I'm not seeing something.
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It doesnt it goes directly to gearbox from that small brown wire a wire thick wire goes to the starter the brown wire goes into loom must i get a thick cable from negative wire that goes to gearbox to that where that brown one and other thick one meets
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This is the OEM layout (mounting points) I've just replaced with a thicker cable.

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Battery -> Body -> Gearbox. It's good to have a cable runnin from the starter to the body, but you must ensure that there is adequate ground from the body back to the negative terminal.
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Will change it then so it looks that way thank you
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