[TR] I think my coil died

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John
You say the car is a 76 but has a ballast resistor? A stock 76 has a ballast resistor built into the harness. If you are running an additional ballast resistor, you may be cutting the voltage down twice. I'm not saying that the coil isn't bad, but check a proper wiring diagram and use a meter to check if you have correct voltage at the coil. This may be the cause of the failed coil.
Larry Miceli
Mount Dora, Fla
58 TR3
73 Stag
74 TR6
71 XKE OTS
87 XJ6 VDP
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Mitchell <jmitch at snet.net>
Sender: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:37:37 
To: 6-Pack<6pack at autox.team.net>; Triumph List<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] I think my coil died

    I took the TR6 out for gas and it ran great until the engine got 
hot.  Then it stalled and all attempts to restart failed, although it 
sounded like it wanted to catch.  I got towed home and a few hours 
later, it started right up, but died once it got hot.  Does that sound 
like a bad coil?  I have an NOS Lucas HP6 coil and was wondering if I 
can use that.  My car is 76 with ballast resistor.  Can I use a 6 volt 
coil, or do I need a special 12 volt coil?  Thanks very much,  John 
Mitchell   76 TR6   72 Stag


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