Martin Gonzales writes:
>What test can you do to find if you car needs a ballast resistor. I
>measured, with a voltmeter and ignition on, from the negative pole on the
>battery and from the plus pole on the coil and got a number of 4.5 volts.
>What does that mean?
This means that you have a 6 volt coil AND a ballast resistor.
>I am installing a Pertronic unit on my 73 TR6 and the car runs for a
little
>while then it starts to sputter and back fire and then dies. I think I may
>have fried the Pertronix unit.
>
>Thanks for any information.
>
>Martin
>73 TR6
>San Jose, CA
Could be. Did it run OK with the points? If so then that pretty much
eliminates everything else.
Dave Massey
St. Louis, MO USA
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