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 BrisDubba
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| posted on January 31st, 2009 at 03:43 PM |
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No power to coil
Okay so in fixing one problem I created another...
Whilst repairing an exhaust leak in the c/buggy I took the coil off and a few necessary wires to access the inlet manifold. Fixed that up and put
everything back together and now I cant get any power to the coil. I have checked all the wiring three times and it seems fine. When I hotwired the
coil, it started first go.
So I went back to start from the switch and power is fine there, but then it goes to that ballist resistor thingy - which is very hot to touch. All of
my other dubs are fitted with the inbuilt resistor in the coil so comparisons are not easy. If I had left the key on power whilst working on the car
(which I dont think I did but am struggling for answers, could that have cooked it ?)
All the fuses are fine, just the resistor is very hot to touch.
Any ideas ??
Peter
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| posted on January 31st, 2009 at 05:38 PM |
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Have you wired all corectly?
Why a balast resistor?
You must have a wrong coil fitted. Balast resistor is for a 9 volt coil in a 12 volt car with the appropriate wiring to suit which an a/c volksie
does'nt. Look at the under side of your coil, it should have stamped what voltage, but we'll assume it's 9v.
Black goes to coil +ve, but in your case to one side of the balast resistor and the other side to the coil +ve.
Green from your points/condensor, to the coil -ve.
Thats it.
To test with a test light that a circuit exists, with the points open and ignition on, the test light should light when leads put accross the points
gap.
If not poss coil , condensor or wiring problem.
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| posted on January 31st, 2009 at 07:11 PM |
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The country buggies never had a resistor coil originally, perhaps the resistor has spat the dummy,if so turf it out and fit a good old original style
coil.
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| posted on January 31st, 2009 at 07:37 PM |
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Ballast resistors get hot..it's what they do!! If it's hot it's working....as long as the "spring" isn't earthing out to metal where it's
mounted.Remove the resistor and put a standard coil on.
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| posted on January 31st, 2009 at 08:34 PM |
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I went and confirmed it is a 12 volt coil. The car will start fine if I bypass the original wires - I will investigate some more tomorrow.
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