After doing some throttle body work today the car wouldn't start, which I traced back to the positive wire of the coil being disconnected.

When I corrected that, it still wouldn't start. In order to get it to run, I had to bypass my Crane Hi-6 ignition, which I assume is now dead.

Can cranking the engine without the + line of coil connected grenade the Crane?

And yes, I know there are various random problems with the Crane ignition, but I'm trying to figure what killed -this- one...

Thanks!
- Dave