Re: Re: Re: '55 Ford F-600 Just Died!

Posted by Jon Hagen on August 02, 2007 at 06:39:12 from (12.175.230.59):

In Reply to: Re: Re: '55 Ford F-600 Just Died! posted by Michael Sheik on August 02, 2007 at 04:37:28:

They will run for a while without a resistor,but point and coil life will be short do to overheating. If running 12V to the stock 6V coil without a resistor,maybe the coil primary went open ? Check with a test light to see if you have power to the coil, then see if you get power through the coil with the points open or dist to coil wire disconnected.
Find where the primary voltage ends to find the failed component.

Going from 6V pos ground to 12V neg ground means you should also switch the coil primary connections.
For 12V neg ground you need to connect the dist to the coil terminal marked - and the wire from the ignition switch, through the resistor to the + coil terminal.

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