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Old 09-23-2020, 10:57 PM
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how do I know which prong is ground and which is positive on the stock coil?

if I get it backwards will it fry anything?
What year is your truck? I'll post the wiring diagrams
 
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DG/OR looks like the power (tired at the moment lol) and it goes on the right side with the nipple (for the plug) on the coil facing the front of the truck.
 
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What year is your truck? I'll post the wiring diagrams
1997 ram 1500 5.2L 4x4 A/T
 
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I already posted them I looked at the first post lol
 
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DG/OR looks like the power (tired at the moment lol) and it goes on the right side with the nipple (for the plug) on the coil facing the front of the truck.
THANK YOU!!! I’ll update in the morning
 
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Originally Posted by MoparFanatic21
I already posted them I looked at the first post lol
if I do for whatever reason get them backwards will it fry anything?
 
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Old 09-23-2020, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Packwood Digital
if I do for whatever reason get them backwards will it fry anything?
It's possible
 
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Originally Posted by Packwood Digital
if I do for whatever reason get them backwards will it fry anything?
I don't *think* so.... after all, it is just copper wire wound around a metal thingy. (yes, that's a technical term.) I really don't think polarity matters.
 
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I don't *think* so.... after all, it is just copper wire wound around a metal thingy. (yes, that's a technical term.) I really don't think polarity matters.
But there always is a small chance he could hook it up wrong and throw the earth of it's gravitational axis
 
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But there always is a small chance he could hook it up wrong and throw the earth of it's gravitational axis
Maybe then we would be more balanced, instead of at each others throats. (politically)
 


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