Dan Masters wrote:
[snip]
> I think you just have a bad resistance wire. To find out,
> temporarily connect a wire from the + lead of the coil to any
convenient
> White wire, leaving all other wires intact. Try the car. If it runs,
the
> resistance wire is bad. If the resistance wire gets hot when you do
this, i
> is shorted, but I don't think so...
[snip]
Thanks for the tip. I was going to try this as I have a Lucas Sports coil
(non-ballasted) awaiting installation, but wanted to sort out this problem
first!
Assuming it is the ballast lead that has gone bad (and several other listers
have suggested this - thank you!), I would like first to replace it ans
see if it really is my problem. My question is; where does the ballast
wire go? It dissapears into the wiring harness and I cannot find the other end!
If I could find the other end, I could easily check the resistance and see if it
matches the spec. Does anyone know the resistance of the ballast wire?
Thanks again,
Shane Ingate in San Diego
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