Re: IML: Coil

["Steve B." <Imperial59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Strohmeyer wrote:
> Can the coil be drawing more than 6-8volts and instead draw 10-12v if 
> it were defective?  I tried an old coil I had here and got the same 
> voltage at the coil. Could they both be bad? How common is it that a 
> coil would be bad?

You are kind of confusing terms here.  Nothing "draws" voltage.  Think 
of voltage like water pressure.  It is the push behind the electricity.  
The higher the voltage the harder the push.  Very simplistic view but it 
might help. 

In 20 something years of playing with old cars I have had exactly one 
bad coil.  I do replace them with new on any old car I pick up more as 
preventative maintenance than anything.  I also keep a spare ballast 
resistor in the glove box of every Chrysler product I have ever owned.  
If you swapped the ballast resistor and coil and still have the exact 
same issue then I would say you have pretty much eliminated them as a 
culprit.  Could still be ignition related though... bad points or a 
condenser that is breaking down could cause this problem. 

                 Steve B.


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