Re: Ignition circuit of '66 B

["David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>]

Telewest SEZ -
> It's NOT an old wives tale.  I haven't actually burnt it out yet but on the
> two occasions I have inadvertently left the ignition on it has got very hot
> and the engine has refused to start until it has cooled down.

Had this happen to a 1968 BMW 1800/02-ti I used to own.  I can also
verify it's not an old wives' tale!  The coil got *really* hot in
the course of about 20 minutes.

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David Breneman                     | "Just because something doesn't
Distributed Systems S/W Analyst    |  do what you planned it to do
Airborne Express, Inc.             |  doesn't mean it's useless."
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