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Re: Allison Ignition

To: Sam Gentry <hsgentry@cfw.com>
Subject: Re: Allison Ignition
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:27:03 -0600
Sam,
According to the instructions that came with my Crane (nee Allison)
ignition, there is supposed to have a ballast resistance wither internal
to the coil or externally in the form of a ceramic resistor or
resistance wire.  It cautions against removing the resistance or
installing a non ballast coil where one is used.

Regards,
Joe 

Sam Gentry wrote:
> 
> I just discovered that my 80 spit with an Allison after market electronic
> ignition has NOT had the ballast resistor bypassed.  This means that the
> 12V coil AND the ignition module are running on 8V.  I am almost sure that
> the ballast should be bypassed and that both the coil and the module should
> be getting 12V.  Can someone with an Allison Ignition(and maybe the
> instructions) confirm this?
> 
> Sam

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