Re: IML: 56 Ignition Problem

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

I have been following this thread on and off.

I had a 1966 Newport that died one morning.

I went through all sort of trouble shooting and it ended up being a bad voltage regulator.

 

The good part of this story is that I replaced everything in the ignition and the voltage regulator with modern stuff. I used the opportunity to install a Pertronix I electronic ignition.

The car ran flawlessly for another ten years without a tune up after this!

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Weikert"
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: 56 Ignition Problem
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:47:15 -0700


Well I certainly hope that fixes it for you.
Strange that the coil would be fried, a bad
condenser should not damage the coil. A good
coil will act like it's bad if the condenser is
not working but will work fine again once the
condenser is replaced.

Have a good evening
Brad


On Feb 7, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Jeff Cantor wrote:

> Brad,
>
> Your explanation made very good sense! As a
> mechanical engineer, I always forget to use
> the water analogy when dealing with
> electricity.
>
> Now I think can feel pretty safe in saying
> that my problem is probably the condenser
> (and the now fried coil).
>
> Jeff
> 56 Sedan
> Trenton, NJ



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