Paul in MN
Well-known Member
I have been working on a customer's early 8N which he regularly beats the H--- out of. He is a 50 YO special needs adult who unwittingly abuses everything.
It wouldn't start, so he kept cranking on the starter until the insulation on the + batt cable melted off. And probably left the key "on" until the batt was totally dead. So I replaced the points and condenser as they were about 2 years old and points were a bit sticky. I got very weak spark with new points and cond. I ohmed out the old coil, primary seemed good at about 1 ohm, but I did not know what the secondary coil resistance should be, but it was many Kilo ohms. I ordered a 12 volt coil from one of our site members and installed it this afternoon. It had a sticker "12 V". My question is should I be running the ignition wire direct to this coil, or should I be running the primary coil power through a ceramic resistor block (like most 12 V auto ignitions did)? I believe this new 12V coil is sourced from Tisco.
Thanks for your replys.
Paul in MN
PS. He also seems to have burned up the starter motor which was also about 2 years old. I replaced that one with a Denso type gear reduction starter that engages the ring gear from the engine side. I maintained the safety start (tranny) switch with a relay circuit.
It wouldn't start, so he kept cranking on the starter until the insulation on the + batt cable melted off. And probably left the key "on" until the batt was totally dead. So I replaced the points and condenser as they were about 2 years old and points were a bit sticky. I got very weak spark with new points and cond. I ohmed out the old coil, primary seemed good at about 1 ohm, but I did not know what the secondary coil resistance should be, but it was many Kilo ohms. I ordered a 12 volt coil from one of our site members and installed it this afternoon. It had a sticker "12 V". My question is should I be running the ignition wire direct to this coil, or should I be running the primary coil power through a ceramic resistor block (like most 12 V auto ignitions did)? I believe this new 12V coil is sourced from Tisco.
Thanks for your replys.
Paul in MN
PS. He also seems to have burned up the starter motor which was also about 2 years old. I replaced that one with a Denso type gear reduction starter that engages the ring gear from the engine side. I maintained the safety start (tranny) switch with a relay circuit.