You still need to protect the points from full 12V, put a ballast resistor
in.
> [Original Message]
> From: Jonas Thaler <jonasthaler@jonasthaler.com>
> To: Old-Chevy-Truck <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>; Oletrucks
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: 7/17/2006 1:19:05 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] 59 3200 ignition question
>
> Greetings...
>
> I have a 59 3200 pickup with a 235, three on the tree, a completely
> stock pre-loved farm truck. It is about as original as it can be,
> but I don't know exactly what happened when the previous owner had
> the engine rebuilt.
>
> I left the ignition turned on and boiled the coil this weekend trying
> to make various engine adjustments (about which I will whine in a
> future posting!) In replacing the coil, I learned that from 60 on
> these trucks were equipped with a resistance wire in the instrument
> panel harness rather than an in-line resistor. But I cannot find a
> resistor anywhere in my engine compartment, nor any obvious place
> where one used to be mounted. (I am familiar with the little white
> ceramic units from other vehicles.) So I bought a high-performance
> coil which is supposed not to need the external resistor.
>
> Do the auto electric whizzes out there concur that I did the right
> thing?
>
> Thanks. And thanks for all the fun reading; other people's truck
> adventures is my favorite escape from work.
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