Just to muddy the waters a little more- - - - -the real culprit to reversed coil polarity is "inductive reactance"- - - -the resistance to current flow in the primary coil winding if the end of the secondary coil winding is at the distributor side instead of the ignition switch side.
LOL!
Jerry

Last edited by Rusty Rod; 11/25/2018 4:11 PM.
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