Internal or external resistor required ignition coil on a
Posted by 1929PackardGuy On 2022/1/3 16:46:48
Hate to keep blowing up this forum, but I'm a lonely boy in Louisiana and everyone around me has Camaros, so, I need all the help I can get.
The old coil was getting very warm, so figured that might be part of the spitting and sputtering. If you're familiar with 1929 models, it was NOT the bizarre factory type coil with the ignition switch built into it, but rather, a coil they had jerry rigged into the original housing. Me, figuring a coil was a coil, I slapped in a 6V "no ballast resistor required" coil from the NAPA store, and the car ran fantastic with that - for about fifteen minutes.
Smelled that nasty something's hot electrical smell, shut her off, (thankfully in my driveway), got out to hit the battery kill switch, but, the fuse on the firewall had already blown. Coil and the ignition switch were hot as a firecracker.
So, simple question, did I use the wrong coil or likely install the switch incorrectly (I think they used a '30-'32 ignition switch rather than the weird-looking original). I suppose the basic question, do 1929 Packards use external resistor coils or internal resistor coils?
The coil I put in looks like the one at the bottom but says 6V and is numbered 1304. It was hot as a firecracker after about 15 minutes of running time.
Sorry to be a pest, but, Sophie teh Packard has been determined to drive me nuts in the last several weeks after being pretty darned reliable! Thanks!
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The old coil was getting very warm, so figured that might be part of the spitting and sputtering. If you're familiar with 1929 models, it was NOT the bizarre factory type coil with the ignition switch built into it, but rather, a coil they had jerry rigged into the original housing. Me, figuring a coil was a coil, I slapped in a 6V "no ballast resistor required" coil from the NAPA store, and the car ran fantastic with that - for about fifteen minutes.
Smelled that nasty something's hot electrical smell, shut her off, (thankfully in my driveway), got out to hit the battery kill switch, but, the fuse on the firewall had already blown. Coil and the ignition switch were hot as a firecracker.
So, simple question, did I use the wrong coil or likely install the switch incorrectly (I think they used a '30-'32 ignition switch rather than the weird-looking original). I suppose the basic question, do 1929 Packards use external resistor coils or internal resistor coils?
The coil I put in looks like the one at the bottom but says 6V and is numbered 1304. It was hot as a firecracker after about 15 minutes of running time.
Sorry to be a pest, but, Sophie teh Packard has been determined to drive me nuts in the last several weeks after being pretty darned reliable! Thanks!
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