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can someone help me w/ the wires going to a coil on 49 limo? I have 1 larger yellow wire and a smaller greenish? wire - the one from the ditributor. then there is 2 from the generator - the wiring diagram I got off this site only shows 2 wires to the coil. where and what do the they all hook up on the coil -- Pos or Neg screws - I thought I drew these out when I took the coil off to paint the engine!!

That's interesting. There should only be the 2 wires on coil-- yellowish from ign switch and the other to the dist. The yellow would go on the neg terminal.

Should be 3 wires off generator, 2 going to voltage regulator from A & F and 1 ground going to a screw near or at headlight junction block on L fender.

Are the wires from the temp and oil sender still hooked up properly?

Anything else and probably someone has added something--maybe an electric fuel pump or something needing a switched source?

This is from a '54 diagram. But it should be almost exactly the same as not much changed as far as the ignition and charging system is concerned.

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G'day tg,
to PackardInfo. See you're already getting some advice from the friendly Packard people here so, after your problem is fixed, I invite you to include your '49 in the Owner Registry here together with a pic, any known history and how you acquired it.

That's interesting. There should only be the 2 wires on coil--

There would be a 3rd wire if it was overdrive equipped, wouldn't there be? The momentary kickdown coil kill wire?

Owen_D you're correct. Forgot all about that possibility.

It would be a greenish with black tracer wire coming from kickdown switch and connecting to same + terminal as one from distributor.

Now to figure out the generator & am a loss unless they're the temp or oil senders.