yes I did a search but every question was answered but this one.

how does the old resistor wire come out of the rear of the fusebox?
& how does the new one 'snap in'?

thanks in advance

Dan:

I believe it is either a spring clip type connection or spade type. I hooked my HEI hot wire directly to an auxilliary connection at the fuse box.

I know this doesn't really answer your question but it has been a while since I worked on that.

Durand

yes the new wire is a 'spring clip' type.
I don't want to start on this until I know how its gonna work. I don't want to break anything.

I would assume the resistance wire can be removed from the bulkhead connector on the firewall. You can either just clip it short, and solder a new one in, or even completely remove the wire from the original clip in the bulkhead connector and reattach a new wire. Or you can do what was suggested, and run a wire to the switched terminal on your fuse block inside the car, should be marked IGN, and have provisions for a spade terminal.


Rocky

I want to replace the resistor wire in the fusebox with the new wire which has an original style connecter at both ends.

what i need to know is how does the connecter unclip from the box & how does the new wire clip in?

Special tool or small paperclip flattened with a hammer to depress the tab. You insert it from the face of the connector then remove the wire with the clip attached.

You will need to unbolt the engine-side of the harness connector . It is located below the brake booster.

Using a small jewelers screw driver on the plug side (not the wire side) you can "gently push" the resistor wire tang back and pull the wire/tang out. I used an HEI replacement wire from Year One to replace it and it had the same size connector/tang. Took 5 minutes. :beers:

Although I did have my fender off so unbolting the connector was easy.

Once you sepperate the plug it's easy to see how the connectors are "held" in there.

Here's a pic of the tool I have from Mac tools

http://www.mactools.com/MacTools/Catalog/Assets/LargeImages/WT565A_Large_1.jpg

OK I got it now............
thanks guys