Lots of lines deleted about trying to trace an ignition problem and
coil getting very hot.
> Wild guess: Would corrosion, grease, road grime etc. on the starter solenoid
> terminals cause sufficient resistance to add this kind of load to the ignition
> circuit?
Scott, I have not heard you mention, but does your coil have an
internal or an external ballast ?
About a year ago, I put a coil on my car and by mistake, left the
lead from the EXTERNAL ballast of, so the coil was recieving a full
12 volts. The car ran for 12-15 minutes and then just died. I touched
the coil, and it was VERY hot.
While I was standing around wondering what was going on, I started
the engine again (after about 3-4 minutes) and the car ran fine.
It ran fine for another ~ 3 minutes, just long enough for me to
pull into my drive-way. Again I noticed that the coil was very hot.
After lots of head scratching, I noticed that the lead from the ballast
was not connect, I re-connected it, and the car ran wonderfull.
Gerry
PS - I have since removed the external ballast and installed a coil
with an internal ballast.
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