If you disconnect the
primary wires on a coil, it cannot hurt anything, but if you disconnect the
secondary wire (the high voltage wire), be sure to ground it to the engine
ground securely. If it is just left waving in the breeze, it will arc to
anything in the neighborhood that is within ½ inch or so, and/or cause a
carbon track to form down the coil tower.
This is cautioned
against in the later car service manuals ? but if one has converted an earlier
car to electronic ignition, there is no such warning in your car?s
manuals.
Dick Benjamin
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I don't have a Pertronix
igintion system, but I have disconnected the coil on other more modern cars
w/electronic ignition to give them a few cranks before starting. Never caused
a problem for me...
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Subject: Re: IML: Two questions about the 413 engine of a 1960
Imperial
Hello again
Paul,
Thanks for
great idea about priming the engine with oil after been
sitting
for a long time
(for e.g. in the winter).
Is it safe btw,
to disconnect the coil if the car is equipped with a
Pertronix
elecronic ignition?
I too follow
the words of wisdom from Dick that it is important to warm
up
the engine
thoroughly. I have here the same situation as you have at
your
place, a quick
jaunt out to the freeway is very easy to do for me:)
Fouled spark
plugs, maybe thanks to the Pertronix ignition and the
new
Edelbrock carb
isn't an issue here !
Btw, I am using
NGK XR 4 spark plugs and I am very happy with them!
All the
best,
Robert
Op Za, 17 juni,
2006 5:54 pm, schreef randalpark@xxxxxxx:
> In lieu of
a prelube system, I usually disconnect the coil and let
the
> engine
crank a few extra turns before starting if it has been
sitting
> very long.