For some reason, my coil gets super hot if the ignition switch is left on without the car actually running. I don't know if this occurs while the engine is running as I'm still chasing other gremlins that are preventing that from happening.
I'm runnning a positive ground system, and using a ballast resistor. The wire from the ignition switch connects to one terminal on the ballast. The other terminal on the ballast connects to the (-) term. on the coil. Also connected to the (-) term is the wire coming from the solenoid, which, if I understand correctly, provides a higher voltage to the coil during starting. The (+) term. of the coil is connected to the distributor.
Do I have this wired correctly, and if so, would these symptoms be indicative of a bad coil? If not a bad coil, then what?
Thanks,
Andy
I'm runnning a positive ground system, and using a ballast resistor. The wire from the ignition switch connects to one terminal on the ballast. The other terminal on the ballast connects to the (-) term. on the coil. Also connected to the (-) term is the wire coming from the solenoid, which, if I understand correctly, provides a higher voltage to the coil during starting. The (+) term. of the coil is connected to the distributor.
Do I have this wired correctly, and if so, would these symptoms be indicative of a bad coil? If not a bad coil, then what?
Thanks,
Andy