[PGW74]

There is a unit with what looks like a button on top of it that has wires that go to the starter. Sorry I don't have a picture. Been looking in the restore mags. and on line and can't figure out what it is. Thanks for the help!

 

[TheOldGuy]

That's the starter relay. One heavy wire goes to the battery. The other one to the starter. The 2 small wires are to ground and the other to the start position on the key.
Depending on the year (does it have breaker points?) one wire will bypass the coil resistor when in the start position to give a full 12 volts to the coil. When the key is released, the coil only gets between 6 - 8 volts to prevent burning of the breaker contacts.

-John

 

[PGW74]

Thanks John! I haven't looked into the distributor yet but being a 1974 I believe it's breakerless ignition.

 

[TheOldGuy]

Here are the 2 commonly in use. One has a single small terminal and the other is grounded to the case. The other one has 2 faston tab terminals and this would be for a breaker point car with a ballast resistor bypass circuit. Hope this helps.

-John

 

[dodge man2]

A 74 should have electronic ignition.