Patton,
Please let us know if a new coil solves your problem.
Bob
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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From: "Patton Dickson" <57healey@gmail.com>
> Bob,
>
> I am basing the replacement of the coil on the test results I have
> made on the coil. They appear to be out of spec regardless of the
> rest of the ignitionn system. Your points are why I was still running
> the original coil, and why I was asking for verification of what my
> readings said.
>
> Patton
>
> On 10/30/08, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Seems to me a lot of people want to blame the coil first when it's
> > likely to be the last thing that fails in the ignition system (maybe
> > because it's easy to replace). Unless the coil is cracked, leaking or
> > getting extremely hot--probably due to excessive dwell--it's probably
> > not the problem. A coil is nothing but some wire windings around an
> > iron core with some insulation--possibly PCB--and has no moving parts
> > (somebody'll correct me if I've gotten this wrong). My 42-year-old
> > BJ8's stock Lucas coil with Pertronix ignition will throw a spark
> > almost an inch in open air.
> > I'd check points, rotor, cap, and cables first. You said the spark to
> > #3 was weak, if I recall; have you checked the impedance on all your
> > wires? Aftermarket (non-Lucas) caps haven't worked well for me, and
> > if you have points that's the next (maybe the first) thing I'd check.
> > But, sounds like you really want a new coil ;)
> > bs
> > Patton Dickson wrote:
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