My new (less than 1 year old) Lucas Sport Coil on my '64 TR4 literally blew
up the other day. It made a load backfire noise as the top blew right off,
leaving a nice shiney film of coil oil all over my engine compartment.
The coil is mounted in the standard position, on the side of the block next
to the distributer. I was stuck in stop and go traffic for ten minutes or
so. The temperture gauge was showing a little warmer than normal.
What would make the coil explode?
I replaced it with an old coil from the garage and the car runs fine. In
fact, I think it runs better now with the old coil.
Anyone?
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