Actron 615 Owner's Manual - Page 3
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IGNITION
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adapter as shown in FIGURE
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Connect the GREEN lead fo the negative ter-
minal of the ignition coil.
Connect the RED and BLACK clips to the battery
Positive and Negative as shown in FIGURE
1.
On 1975 and later Ford transistor ignition,
connect the GREEN clip to the wire terminal
on the DEC side of the coil as shown below.
Connect the RED and BLACK clips to the bat-
tery Positive and a
as shown in
FIGURE
1.
TO DUAL
BALLAST
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On Ford cars, lift the dis-
tributor terminal and slide
the Ford Adapter clip in
place as shown, then push
the terminal
down on it,
Remove when the tests ore
finished,
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formed first.
1, The engine must be OFF.
The test leads must
be connected as shown in FIG. 1.
2. Set the slide switch knob to OTHER TESTS
and the Function Selector Knob to POINTS.
NOTE:
Remove the distributor cap and
inspect the contact points.
If
sifted, they sould be keliai,
Points are O.K. Turn the ignition key
Normal used contact points are
OFF.
Proceed to next TEST.
light gray in color. If the con-
tact points pass the visual in-
spection, proceed as follows:
3. Replace the distributor cap and REMOVE THE
HIGH TENSION
LEAD FROM THE CENTER OF
THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP AND GROUND
IT BY
PLACING THE LOOSE END SO IT TOUCHES
THE ENGINE OR FRAME,
NOTE:
When testing a vehicle with dual
points, alternately block one set
of points open with a piece of in-
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sulating material while the other
The points may be defective or the following
set is being tested.
faults may exist:
Poor distributor ground.
4, TURN THE IGNITION KEY ON.
If the
Poor connection on the primary
meter reads near full scale right,
the points
are open.
Crank the engine with the igni-
tion key or an external starting switch a
fraction of a revolution at a time until the
meter reads in the left hand area of the
scale. The points are now closed.
lead from the distributor to the
ignition coil.
Defective distributor lead,
Misaligned points.
Correct the defect, and repeat the test,