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Anyone know of a source for the Duraspark I ignition module, it's the 7-wire module used on 74-75's, the Duraspark II went to a 6-wire module from 76 onward, i really don't want to upgrade to DSII if i don't have to, my three parts stores in town all stock a 75 module but they are 6-wire units and included in the box is a note stating "ford deleted the blue wire but the module will still work for your vehicle" well news flash to ford, no it will not, the note doesn't state why the blue wire was deleted or give any directions as to how to make it work, just that it was deleted, i installed all three and got nothing, no crank, nothing (truck still fires with my old module but it's on its way out) places like LMC, NPD and DC list the module for my application but after a phone call to them and a hands on look at the module on their part they too are 6-wire modules, even Green sales who deals in obsolete OEM and NOS ford parts took a look at their modules and all were 6-wire, same deal with my local ford dealer, so my options now are scouring my local salvage yard and searching on ebay or lastly just swapping over to the ubiquitous blue grommet DSII set-up, so i guess my question is three fold, 1) does anyone know of a source for this module other than junk yards and ebay? 2) why was the blue wire deleted and what function did it perform? 3) can the 6-wire module be made to work? sorry for the long winded post but i just wanted to be as thorough as i could, thanks.
Anyone know of a source for the Duraspark I ignition module, it's the 7-wire module used on 74-75's, the Duraspark II went to a 6-wire module from 76 onward, i really don't want to upgrade to DSII if i don't have to, my three parts stores in town all stock a 75 module but they are 6-wire units and included in the box is a note stating "ford deleted the blue wire but the module will still work for your vehicle" well news flash to ford, no it will not, the note doesn't state why the blue wire was deleted or give any directions as to how to make it work, just that it was deleted, i installed all three and got nothing, no crank, nothing (truck still fires with my old module but it's on its way out) places like LMC, NPD and DC list the module for my application but after a phone call to them and a hands on look at the module on their part they too are 6-wire modules, even Green sales who deals in obsolete OEM and NOS ford parts took a look at their modules and all were 6-wire, same deal with my local ford dealer, so my options now are scouring my local salvage yard and searching on ebay or lastly just swapping over to the ubiquitous blue grommet DSII set-up, so i guess my question is three fold, 1) does anyone know of a source for this module other than junk yards and ebay? 2) why was the blue wire deleted and what function did it perform? 3) can the 6-wire module be made to work? sorry for the long winded post but i just wanted to be as thorough as i could, thanks.
