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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/20/18 6:50 PM, Bob Totten via Fot
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="blue">Amici,
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<div>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
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sans-serif">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
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<div>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.<br>
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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.<br>
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TeriAnn<br>
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