amigo Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I constructed a temporary plywood fire wall set the coil in the fire wall , I had the coil bolted to the chassis before I have a switch on the column with the wire coming off the negative cable bolted to the starter . i left the switch on with out the car running and after a wile i smelt some thing it smelt like some thing burning couldent figure it out sniffed around and felt the coil it was almost to hot to touch .What caused this ? I have the coil that was on the car the metal shield from the ignition was off I just hooked the negiteve wire from the started to the screw on the back of the coil . it ran fine before and turned off when i flipped the switch on the column why did it get so hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hwess Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 The points were closed completing the circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amigo Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 man thanks , makes sense should i have a fuse between the back side of the coil and the line running to that ? This is only temporary until i place the body back on the chassis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hwess Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 No fuse necessary. No problem when sitch is off. No problem when switch is on if points happen to be open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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