az00r6

Hey guys im new to this forums and to yotas so heres the story i will start with. i bought a 80 shortbed from my friend after he crashed it the vin plate said it had a 20r but it had a 22r in it so sometime along its life it got swapped. then i came accrossed a 84 xtra cab that had a 22r in it but the motor was bad so i switched the good motor out of the 80 to the 84 but the 84 when i got it was all taken apart and didnt have the coil or anything in it so i took the coil out of the 80 but it seems to be the wrong one it has the big round coil with the little ignitor on it it has 3 wires and 2 wires to the distributor out of it i know one is a ground and one is a 12v whats the other? and which plug in the 84 engine bay is for the coil i only see 1 plug and it has a black wire and a black wire with a red stripe. can i hard wire it any way or does anyone understand what im saying and can help? thanks guys

Scooby098

some pics would help, is it the square or round coil.

az00r6

its the round coil. from what ive figured out there needs to be 1 ground 1 12v that has a resistor on it and one 12v to the ignitor is this right? i checked the wiring from the 80 and traced it and both went to the ignition switch one went from the ignition switch to the coil and was spliced with a resistor that went to ground and the other was direct 12v from the ignition so baisically couldnt i just run 2 12v wires on a switch and a fuse direct from the batter and it would run? as long as i resist one wire?
thanks. i will try to get some pictures.
oh and i havent looked but anyone know what color my starter signal wire would be? is it black with a yellow stripe? or black with a white stripe? thanks

Scooby098

I think its black and white.