I replaced my stock coil with the Lucas sport coil, and I wanted to bypass
the resistive cable to get full voltage at the coil. When I measured the
voltage at the coil with the car running, I got roughly 12V instead of the
6-9V I was expecting. Does this make sense? The car is a 1980 B with the
45DM4 distributor. The wiring diagrams in the Haynes and Bentley manuals
both show the ballast resistor, resistive cable, and a white/light green
wire going to the coil. I couldn't find any white/light green wires going
to the coil, just white on one side and white/black on the other.
The car seemed to start and run OK when I opened the spark plug gap to
.040", so I think I'm OK, but I don't know why. Any ideas?
--Steve Shoyer (1980 MGB)
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