On 11 Jul 2008 at 11:56, Oliver wrote:
> i'm hardly qualifed to answer given my knowledge compared to
> the level of expertise on the list.
Same here (but that never stopped me).
> if the coils are constantly failing, perhaps that is
> a symptom rather than a cause.
Agreed. It suggests the coil is overheating, maybe. Should there be
a resitor in the primary circuit that is missing? Could you having a
bad condensor, perhaps shorted? (Just a guess.) Are you points
staying closed too much because perhaps the cam follower is wearing
too fast?
My Spitfire has a Lucas CEI ignition and I think a Lucas Sport coil.
It has run faithfully for 20 years, except once when the engine was
rebuilt and the solid-state thingy in the CEI box turned out to be a
GM module so repalcement was trivial. Of course, now it will
probably fail tomorrow.
--
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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