Solenoid on top of coil

[Kim K Kaiser]

The old dry wire broke on my solenoid.  What does it vcontrol, and  Shopping for one, what woukd it be called

[Jason Edge]

I am assuming starter solenoid? If starter solenoid which wire? Small Yellow to R terminal or Blue to S terminal, or larger black wire?

I hate to sound like a broken record but this is why it is extremely difficult to answer your questions and often I will not even attempt to answer and to be honest others probably feel the same way.  In terms of my 4 C's of writing - Clear, Concise, Complete, Correct, this one fails on 3 out of 4 ... I will say it is concise! LOL OK. Here is the info:

Below is info straight from our Help Page under "Cranking ... ". I have underlined the info on the yellow and blue wire. The large gauge black wire is the 12 volt starter motor feed from the battery.

Starting - Cranking
With ignition switch turned to far right cranking position, the purple wire feeds the 12 volts to the blue wire at the neutral safety switch which feeds the starter solenoid switch. The yellow wire from solenoid switch in turn provides a full 12 volts back to the ignition coil for cranking. When you release the switch and have the switch in "run" position, the voltage to the coil is reduced to 8 1/2 to 10 1/2 volts since current is then  provided through the brown resister wire, which gets it's current at the pink ignition wire under the dash.

If the wire or connector is just broken why not splice it at the break, or splice in a new section of wire, or just add a new connector?  Again.. trying to read between the lines! :-)

[Kim K Kaiser]

Tony confirmed for me its tge condenser that sits on coil. , not the starter solenoid.

[Kim K Kaiser]

You are correct by giving me the name,  i just assumed it was a solenoid

[Kim K Kaiser]

Yes, i was referring to thr small one that sits on top of coil in that bracket,  i thoight it was a solenoid, but thats why i originally asked if i were to shop for that part, what would be the correct term ..  you cleared that up w condenser

[Jason Edge]

OK.. weeding thru the replies... who took my machete?!.... The condensor on the ignition coil bracket is a noise suppressor. See the note on page 12-64 in your shop manual. It has nothing to do with points or preventing points from burning up.  Cars that still have points and have not been converted to electronic igntion, have a condensor inside the distributor cap. With resistor plugs and wires, these ignition coil condensers (capacitors actually) are really not needed, but I like to keep one on my car to keep the original look. I have new ones for $10 plus s/h but you should be able to pick one up at any auto parts store. (AutoZone part # is URS1502)  For now it is going to have zero effect of your engine performance so pick one up the next time you are at an auto parts store. 

[Kim K Kaiser]

Thanks to all for the answers.  Learning  something new everyday on these cars