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RE: Spark

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: Spark
From: "Larry G. Miller" <millerls@classic.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 97 02:30:49 UT
Reply-to: "Larry G. Miller" <millerls@classic.msn.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Thanks Frank.  The coil is new and the connectors are tight.  Just wanted to 
verify that "+" was the Contact Breaker side on a positive ground car. When I 
installed the coil I unthinkingly followed the instructions that came with the 
coil which were obviously for a negative ground car.  Couldn't just wire it 
like the old coil because the car had been disassembled years before. Checked 
when I got home today and the coil is wired backwards.

Larry

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From:   owner-spridgets@autox.team.net on behalf of Frank Clarici
Sent:   Wednesday, November 05, 1997 5:56 PM
To:     Larry G. Miller
Cc:     Spridgets
Subject:        Re: Spark



Larry G. Miller wrote:

> O.K. who's going to explain the inner workings of the
> distributor/coil/resistor/points/condenser relationship in laymen terms for
> all of us dummies.

Larry

CB= contact breaker (points) and it should be the + side on a Positive grd car
CB would be SW on a converted Neg grd converted car (confused yet)
Negative ground Sprite goes like this...- or SW (switch) goes to points. All 
coils
went to + or - when the cars went to negative ground in 1968. If you have a 
coil
that says SW and CB it is from a positive ground car but can be used on a neg 
grd
car if you swap the connections. (SW>points and CB>switch)
Positive ground Sprite + or CB goes to points -or SW goes to ignition switch.

Your question about a faulty ignition system could be the condenser, they tend 
to
work for 5 mins, konk out and cool off and work again.
Also check the little rivets on the low tension terminal of the coil, I had a
loose one once that drove me crazy for several months. (on/off whenever it 
wanted)

Frank Clarici
No rice nohow





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