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: Oscar, what are you calling a universal
: coil?
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: As I mentioned in my long-winded post,
: if a coil is for points ignitions it is
: going to be either a 1 Ohm to 2 Ohm
: ballast coil or it is going to be a
: nominal 3 Ohm standard coil.
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: If your universal coil is a 3 Ohm coil
: AND you bypassed the bypass resistor...
: you have converted your ballast
: ignition system to a standard ignition
: system. In that case you certainly
: would not expect to see any change in
: performance unless you live in a very
: cold climate and found the engine was
: harder to start.
:
: You also mentioned that your coil
: failed. Keep in mind that if your coil
: failed AFTER you bypassed the bypass
: resistor, that is one of the failure
: modes I warned about. Running a
: ballast coil without the ballast
: resistor allows too much current to
: flow resulting in premature failure of
: the ignition components including the
: coil.
:
: Doug L.
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: My ballast resistor went bad 20 yrs
: ago.
: I bypassed it and I did not notice a
: difference. By the way, my coil also
: broke so I have a universal coil I m
: using.
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: Can't give you a direct answer, I don't
: use mallory ignitions, not that there
: is anything wrong with them.
: It probably uses an internally
: ballasted coil, you could do a google
: search on your coil to see if it is or
: not.
: Glen
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: Hi again.
: I have another issue now. Still
: getting ready to fire up this thing and
: am finishing up the wiring and plumbing
: and I've run into the ballast resistor
: and locating it. And more than anything
: else, is it necessary?? I have a
: mallory electronic ignition with a
: Bosch coil and I've heard that with
: electronic ign. you don't need a
: resistor. Is this true or just a
: "great idea"?
: Thanks P.J.
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