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John Schoolcraft
 Post subject: HOT coil ?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:28 am 
I changed the points and condenser on my 80 luv this weekend and the coil is getting hot after about 10 minutes of ideling. Any thoughts on this subjuct would be of help. Thanks
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 7:21 am 
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:? could it be because of the voltage regulater :? . i'm just guessing on that :?

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Are you running a ballast resistor?

http://forums.luvtruck.com/viewtopic.ph ... t+resistor
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:34 am 
What is a ballast resistor anyways. I have read your posting about this. What exactly is it though....is it inside the distrubutor ? . I am getting different readings on the volt meter... My dayly driver 79 reads high , and my 80 reads low. They both have stock distrubutors....and what about the little wire inside the distrubutor they are calling a lead wire. It's a short small wire inside that is not isulated that leads from the negative side of the distrubutor to the points ?Should it not be a well insulated wire?[/u]
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Here are examples of what they look like.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... =MAA%2D700
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... %2D2444641

Most older cars have one mounted next to the coil.
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The lead wire carries only low voltage. It's part of circuit that tells the coil when to fire.

An ignition coil is just an oil filled transformer that converts low voltage to high voltage.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:08 pm 
O.K.--I see what your saying...my 79 has this ..and it is located on the top of my coil....but my 80 dosent have that...so..its only a low volt wire...Damn i'm ignorant when it comes to electric!! When i first bought the 80 , the guy gave me three coils ...Humm...now i might know why....Thanks, Ben....ps ........Have ya got your dad to understand that yet....man my coil was getten HOT.......
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No, I gave up on him. Now I think he's not running one just because I told him he should.
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