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Hey mitch. or well anyone, lets say I wanted to completely bypass the electrical harness on a 64 polara to temporarily try to see if it'll fire, or attempt to fire. Basically, can it be hardwired and bypass the melted, shorted out harness. All i'd need is power to the starter, coil/distributor right?
Lead from batt+ to + side of coil. power to starter. cross the solenoid post and voila!!