Jeff Wrote:

<<my question:  am i risking any kind of coil or ecu
damage by driving home with the wire attached from the
alt to the coil?>>

Answer:

No, because the current output is regulated, and you are switching the ECU
relay on just the same, but providing it from a different source. Your
ignition switch could be the culprit, but look first at the connection to
the 86 pin of the ECU relay, coil.

Robert

1982 Westfalia

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