R. Johnson - Dallas writes:
<SNIP>
<Time to quit nursing that resistor. Replace it. It (or something else)
is
intermittent.>
And Corey writes:
<SNIP>
<Glad you brought this one up ... it was next on my list. ;) I've run
this one down to a faulty connector on the coil; mine's a bodge put in
when I was having severe alternator problems two years ago. Seems the
bodge has come home to roost (to horribly mix and mangle my metaphors).>
If I replace the resistor, can I go to Auto Zone and say I need a new
coil resistor? Are they generic items? Corey's reply got me thinking
about my my coil. The DPO had installed a racing coil of questionable
pedigree. Dad took one look at the shiny red case with chrome lettering
and immediately removed it: there was a look of suspect on his face.
After digging around in a box of parts, he held a black coil up in his
hands. "This", he said, "Is the coil off of my '48 Mercury." I watched
in horror as he installed it, but what could I do? Should I replace the
coil, too? If so, will any coil do? I would consider one of the Lucas
Sport Coils or Crane/Allison units, except I have become dubious of any
performance items for the 'B.
Thomas James Pokrefke, III
1970 MGB
thomas_pokrefke@juno.com
http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
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