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I never heard of Petronix II before, but accidently came across this info that they require, or recommend a special coil with very low primary resistance. So I suppose that system handles high current and produces a hot spark So many variables. Also the coils secondary resistance. Seems you need to use the coil recommended for your "triggering system." Pertronix Flame-Thrower II Coil, Epoxy Filled (45, 000 Volts, 0.6 Ohm), Black Flame-Thrower II coils feature a super low resistance which make them the ideal coil for Ignitor II ignition systems as well as many other high energy ignitions. Low resistance and improved turns ratio help to produce up to 45,000 volts. The higher voltage enables you to run larger spark plug gaps which Pertronix claims adds power and better fuel economy.

I am using this electronic distributor. It has a magnetic switch as the trigger instead of the points. Yes there is potential for damaging it if too much current goes though it. So they require you to use the type of coil that has at least 3 ohms resistance built into it (the "primary" resistance). So even if it handles more current than points, it still needs to be limited, and I suppose you could add a ballast if you wanted. Just make sure you have 3 to 4 ohms. Note : It is important that you measure the resistance of the coil your going to use so as not to damage the new module. coil resistance should be 3-4 ohm’s across the primary side of your coil…. do this with NO wires connected to the coil. http://rmlalfa.com/rml/rml-performance-ignition

Yes that would have been my first thought. Next time it has a problem starting when hot, use the voltmeter to check that a full 12-plus volts is going to the + terminal on the coil. Must be several things you could measure, but that is the first that came to mind. Maybe a bad ignition switch could be compromising voltage or current going to the coil.

It's funny how the Corvair ignition is the same as the '77-'79 BMW 320i, which also has points, a resistor wire (not a wire plus a resistor), and a startup bypass wire which gives you the full 12V to the coil for hotter spark at cold starts. The resistor wires on the BMWs always go bad, car runs bad or won't run. Pain to replace the resistor wire since it is wrapped with others, so people bypass it and add one of those 1.4 ohm ballasts from a Chevy or something. Nothing wrong with the resistor wire, except the cars get to 30 to 40 years old, and they fail inside, unlike a regular copper wire would.

Measure the coil primary resistance for one thing, because you don't want to use a coil with very low primary resistance unless you add a ballast resistor. The electronic ignition I bought said just to use a Bosch blue coil, in fact they included the new coil, because it has (supposedly) built in primary resistance so that no external resistor is needed for protection against excessive current. I think primary resistance for a Bosch Blue coil is like 3 to 4 ohms. So one point is that just using the 12V straight to the coil then the ignition, without any ballast resistor in the line, it may run fine, but maybe too much current which is not good. Depends how much primary resistance the coil has, as to whether it would be good to put in a ballast resistor.

Maybe the original problem with this Corvair points system was actually a bad resistor wire. So it runs good with 12V applied directly to the coil. Would also have run good with the points if 12V would have been applied to the coil, thus bypassing a bad resistor wire.

'65 Corvair has a resistor wire. Wire with built in resistance. For better heat dissipation I suppose.

This is the wiring diagram for 1965, but I can't make it out, too blurry. There is a dotted line going to the coil. What is that? Ground? Or a "resistor wire?"

I also think that some coils are meant to be used with a circuit that includes a ballast resistor, and some coils are OK being used without a resisitor. In other words, just because you remove the points in favor of electronic switching, doesn't necessarily mean you should remove the resistor and keep the same coil. For my application, when I changed the distributor to electronic, the instructions said, must also install a Bosch Blue coil which needs no external resistor. So that seemed to imply that if the original coil was kept, and the resistor removed, that would be a misuse of the original coil.

Yeah, where is the resistor in the stock configuration?

So clean on the underside

See if you can make it work now. It seems that 39 is the pump handle, and 38 is the hydraulic piston, and it is worked like a bicycle pump. Other than that I find it confusing.

I sent a postal money order to an ebay seller, $220, for a purchase and the guy never sent the item. I sent a fraud complaint to the Post Office, Postal Inspector, with a copy of the postal money order, the guy's address, copy of the item I purchased but was never sent. So the Post Office doesn't bother to look into it. You'd think they'd care that they were being used to facilitate fraud. Postal money orders may be safe for the seller, but not the buyer.

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My daily driver Toyota model year 2002 has seen it's annual registration go up to $144. It had been something like $95 about 7 to 10 years ago. Thing is that it is supposed to go down because of depreciation and registration has a tax component which is based on current market value. The total fee has a registration component plus a tax component. For my vehicle the tax component has gone down to practically nothing. But the registration fee component mysteriously jumps up significantly every year, far outstripping the decline in the value tax, so the net effect is increases every year.

Great pictures. Doesn't really matter car details.

Thank you, yes. They didn't really look like headlights.

Made in Italy. Brand is the common Carello.

I did not like to hear that the nuclear power plant was shut down because the incoming water froze up. They are heat generating machines. The reactor is used to create steam to generate electricity. When located on the coast they are accused of heating the ocean and damaging the ecosystem. So, by whatever means, it should have been possible to use some of that heat to keep the incoming water above freezing.

Reeves wood-block belt transmission in housing Wood-block belt transmissions were developed by the Reeves Pulley Company in Columbus, Indiana. According to the Historic American Engineering Record, Marshall T Reeves founded the company. They owned a variety of businesses, making farm implements, steam engines, locomotives, automobiles, and power transmission equipment. Reeves has some 50 patents issued to his name.

Big rigs have ice sensors don't they? At least newer ones? This Fed-Ex rig killed someone.