That white wire should go to the "-" of the coil.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Dan Barrett
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: ignition coil: mystery connector

Dear All:

I'm replacing the ignition coil on my 2.1L.  Like an idiot, I detached the
wires attached to the old coil without looking at them first to see what was
connected where.  Now, I've got an extra wire.

There's a big plastic female spade connector block (green wire) that was
attached to two of the negative terminals.  There's a non-factory-looking
female spade connector (two different black wires spliced together) that was
attached to one of the positive terminals.
And there's a factory male spade connector (white wire) that was attached to
... where?  I'm reasonably sure it was connected to one of the positive
terminals (as shown in Bentley 28.39), but it's a male spade connector and
doesn't exactly fit on the new coil.

Annotated photo here:

<http://flic.kr/p/cS1fu7>

What am I missing?  Any guidance appreciated.

Best,
d.