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Can anyone tell me why the coil on a 235 engine is installed upside down?
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Great question. Wondered myself.
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Original coils were oil filled and stayed cooler with the oil towards the top "working end". At least that is what I had always been told.
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Bubba - Curmudgeon
Bubba - Curmudgeon
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Please be more specific with details/terminology.
Upside-down - depends on which side you think should be up.
Are you referring to the flat side or the leads side?
My old stovebolts had the flat-side up and the leads-side down.
As shown in all GM manuals/documents.
Flat-side-up would therefore be the right/correct-side-up.
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Crusing in the Passing Lane
Crusing in the Passing Lane
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GMC also had the coil with the lead side own.
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tc,
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Thanks to all for solving this mystery for me.
