ok smile
i can use the ceramic one on my firewall ?

i would like to ask another question.
i have a coil (i think it came off of a series 60) that has a attached metal case (same size as stock resistor on fire wall) with 2 leads. one lead is red and is hard wired to metal case and attaches to + coil terminal. dont know where the end of the resistor goes in its normal application.
anyway looking sideways at the back of this resistor it looks like a long fuse like thing that has heavy coiled wire spiraling around it that goes from one terminal to the other terminal of the resistor.

my question is - is this indeed a resistor?
and if so could i just use this coil and resistor instead of messing with the resistor on my firewall.
this coil tested out at:
1.5 primary
8.7 secondary
i tested the resistor for continuity and my tester beeped which is supposed to indicate a short ! is that normal for this ?
thanks in advance
paul

Last edited by p.dow; 05/20/2010 8:55 PM.