Percolation? Heat soak? Don't drive during summer??

Holly **** you do NOT listen! Red to power, black to ground, white or yellow for light and green to coil negative. You do NOT have to remove the tach. Just wire it up right. REMOVE the green from ground. That's all you need to do. You'll still have the tach and that will FIX your coil problem....although it probably is damaged. That's like cuttin your leg off because you stump your toe.

He said it wasn't grounded. He just stuck the green wire under the ground to get it out of the way. The green wire is likely damaged or rubbing somewhere. Until he figures out where, best to keep it disconnected or removed (I agree removal is overkill, but it's up to doc).