You are right Bill, I forgot our tester has a sim load, the straight meter
test with a known good coil is to leave everything hooked up, close points
or ground minus side of coil, turn on ign and read voltage on + side of coil
should read approx 6 volts if resistance wire is used and approx 11V if not.
Lee
Prosser WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hanlon, Bill (ISS Houston)" <Bill.Hanlon@hp.com>
To: "K M Lehmann" <klehmann@bentonrea.com>; "Jonas Thaler"
<jonasthaler@jonasthaler.com>; "Old-Chevy-Truck"
<old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>; "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 6:03 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] 59 3200 ignition question
Lee's method of measuring will only work if the points are closed and
the wire is actually connected to the coil. Removing the wire from the
coil and measuring voltage should always read battery voltage.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of K M Lehmann
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:36 PM
To: Jonas Thaler; Old-Chevy-Truck; Oletrucks
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 59 3200 ignition question
Jonas, your truck could have an ignition wire with a built in resistance
wire to the + side of your coil . With this setup you will usually see 2
wires on one terminal hooked the + side of the coil one wire to the
starter solenoid and the other to the ignition switch. To check
disconnect this wire from coil and with switch on read voltage if it
reads a few volts less than 12v it is a resistance wire and needs no
resister of any kind built in or external. Lee Prosser WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonas Thaler" <jonasthaler@jonasthaler.com>
To: "Old-Chevy-Truck" <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>; "Oletrucks"
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:14 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
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