[Fot] Ignition Coil ??

[TeriAnn J. Wakeman]

On 8/20/18 6:50 PM, Bob Totten via Fot wrote:
> Amici,
>
> So this weekend I believe my 2 year old coil crapped out, last run at 
> Saturdays autocross there was sputtering and backfire.  At home barely 
> could get the car off the trailer and into the garage.
That is also the symptom of a bad condenser. If it were me, unless there 
is something visibly wrong with the coil, I would first check the point 
gap, underside of the cap, and swap out the condenser before going out 
and buying a new coil.

Currently an Epoxy Pertronix black coil, with Ballast Resistor, in a 
Spitfire with a 1500 engine 11 to 1 comp and a Mallory Dual Point 
Distributor.

I'm running a Mallory distributor as well, and it used to go through 
condensers on a regular basis. The ignition circuit assumes a good 
ground through the distributor body. My car's distributor body wasn't 
making a good enough ground. after a while I added a ground wire between 
the distributor body and the engine. Since then I have not needed to 
touch my onboard spare condensers.


TeriAnn


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