1438 to 1608 swap: wire from coil to distributor

[dutchspiderrider]

Hi,

I'm in the process of swapping a 1608 double Weber engine into my Spider BS1 which had a 1438 single Weber engine. As it is my first time I encounter some puzzling situations. Lots of them I was able to tackle, also with help of this forum. For the following I haven't found an answer yet.

For the new configuration I'm using the existing coil. It has a black wire which ran from the coil to the distributor located right front of engine (seen from front of car).

The new engine has another type of distributor (see photo's):
- a MagMarelli (maybe not original for a 124?)
- located at the other side on top at the back
- it has no external wires or visible connector

Should the black wire be attached to the new distributor also? Where should it be attached to? Or is the connection redundant due to other type of distributor? On the wire diagrams there always seems to be a black wire connection from coli to distributor; so I'm lost.

Thanks!

[OttawaTom]

The wire from the coil should connect to the ignition breaker at the same terminal as the wire from the condenser. The condenser is the cylindrical thing shown in your first picture. In the picture, you can't see the breaker because the rotor is in front of it.

There should be a small hole near there in the distributor body that the wire can be fed through.

Hope that helps...

-Tom

[dutchspiderrider]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the fast reply! There is indeed a hole through which a wire can be fed to connect it to the breaker (the rusty one...see pic)



Again one step further before 2017!