Re: Smoking the Points, 49 Super 8

Posted by BlackBeerd On 2012/11/21 7:43:50

The wiring diagrams are in the repair manual. You can download that from this site.

Your car was built as 6v so I'm guessing that it has been converted to 12v. Points will burn up at that voltage so somehow resistance needs to be added to the circuit.

There are a few ways that this has been accomplished by the different manufacturers. The easiest but ugliest it the ballast resistor. Next is the resistance wire. And third was a coil with the resistor built in.

Any way you do it, you are looking for 2 to 3 ohms.