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From: REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER
To: mgs-owner
Subject: Re: Coil position on MGBs
Date: Friday,November 03,1995 2:52PM
It depends...
I believe that the B coils were mounted upside down to facilitate the
connection between the coil and distributor., It makes the distance shorter.
I recently installed a Mallory oil filled coil. I made a bracket for it to
be mounted vertically. I did this mostly out of fear that it would leak or
something even though it shouldn't. The other reason is that it has a slip
bracket mount which only works in the vertical position so I assummed they
wanted it vertical.
If course you realize that if you install the coil upside down the terminals
will be pointing towards the concrete and then there is the humidity to
worry about...
Chris
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From: mgs-owner
To: mgs
Subject: Re: Coil position on MGBs
Date: Friday,November 03,1995 11:46AM
I've been working on a newly acquired '70 MGB/GT. While undoing some of the
previous owner's bad wiring I was replacing the coil. This reminded me of
something that has always bothered me. Why is the coil mounted upside down
on the inner fender well? I've always replaced it that way, but it would be
so much easier to identify the + & - terminals if it were positioned right
side up. Is there any specific rationale for mounting it upside down? I
know I've seen coils in general mounted in all kinds of positions so that
really shouldn't effect it's function. Right?
Randy "just curious" Balogh
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