Lumenition IGNITION

[swordfishdani1960]

hI I Have attained this system ,and it has no wiring gram
its for delco distributor,which i have as well .as i can see in the distributor
there is an eye system ,this connects to a plug ,that remains the cables
left Black, Brown, Red .so i assume that Blacks Earth. reds ignition Brown coil
i received the coil as well and the Brown cable has a spade clip on it .so does the coil
negative side This came out a Tr7 ,can any body help in the installation of this .,
most great full

[busheytrader]

Hopefully this helps......

https://autocar-electrical.co.uk/images ... -hints.pdf

I've had Lumenition Optronic on my V8 for about 28 years and no issues, although others here have had problems.

[Beans]

Is the coil 6V or 12V?

[swordfishdani1960]

12 volts

[Beans]

In that case you have to bypass the ballast wire in the loom, otherwise you'll only get 6V at the coil

[Hasbeen]

It was the Lumenition ignition system on my 7 that gave me my worst headache in my 17 years with the car.

It would become very mildly hesitant on small throttle openings in the first 3 or 4 kilometres of a drive. It would never show a fault by the time I got to town, & a good auto electrician. I could not decide if it was a fuel or ignition problem.

Each time I cleaned everything, replaced wires, changed from bayonet fittings to ring end fittings bolted tight or any other attempt to find the fault it would be fine for a few months, then revert.

It was only when it went to cutting the engine for a second or so that we found the fault.

Hope you don't have such a problem.

Hasbeen

[Maki]

I had this on my V8, however, it caused many a headache. In the end I sent it back, they said it was fine but it clearly was not as I replaced it with a Powerspark distributor and the car has never run better!

[swordfishdani1960]

Had a look for the BALLAST RESISTOR CAR DOEST HAVE ONE
MY COIL IS WARM ,AND HAS 12 VOLTS ON IT WHEN RUNING
CARS PRE 77/ IS THIS THE NORMAL

[Beans]

It is not! Though the coil will get warm during operation

[swordfishdani1960]

Well the coil has been in the car since new would say its lasted well
and the cars a 1977 ,they now dont make parts like they used to
all shit now from china ,and the uk is going to follow suit

[Beans]

I have been using Bosch 6V coils for as long as I drive my TR7's (since 1988), never had any problems
How did you measure the voltage @ the coil?