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Re: Burning Up Points - Help! BigHog #1327835 09/26/2019 4:05 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 53 Virginia B BigHog 'Bolter
BigHog 'Bolter B Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 53 Virginia	The coil requires an external resistor. I traced the wire into the firewall, where I assume it goes to the ignition. So it goes from ignition > ballast resistor > coil > distributor. Attached are some pictures. Attachments IMG_0142.JPG (134.26 KB, 262 downloads) IMG_0141.JPG (250.63 KB, 267 downloads) IMG_0143.JPG (274.03 KB, 256 downloads)

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Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	09/26/2019 11:42 AM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Phak1	09/26/2019 12:26 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	09/26/2019 12:30 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Justhorsenround	09/26/2019 12:33 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	09/26/2019 12:51 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Phak1	09/26/2019 1:35 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	09/26/2019 4:05 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Dragsix	09/26/2019 4:37 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Phak1	09/26/2019 7:31 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	09/26/2019 7:38 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	52Carl	09/29/2019 2:49 AM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	09/30/2019 11:49 AM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	klhansen	09/30/2019 4:49 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Phak1	09/30/2019 2:41 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	09/30/2019 3:01 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	rickmg	09/30/2019 3:59 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Justhorsenround	09/30/2019 4:25 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Justhorsenround	09/30/2019 5:26 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Dragsix	10/01/2019 3:04 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Rusty Rod	10/01/2019 5:09 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	52Carl	10/01/2019 11:59 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Dragsix	10/02/2019 3:44 AM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	BigHog	10/21/2019 10:16 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Donsz	10/25/2019 11:50 PM
Re: Burning Up Points - Help!	Fiddlerpin	01/26/2020 1:58 AM

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