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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg
The coil getting hot is because the points aren't interupting the circuit like they are supposed to do. Something is keeping the coil energized FULL time.
I know this has been asked several times already, but are you sure the wire between the upper and lower plates is NOT touching ground? Or the cable screwed in too far and shorting the buss bar to ground?
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Take a step back and start over from the beginning. What Tom states is just like the guy with the voltage drop. He said he eliminated the Alt. But when he looked again that was the problem.
Like Tom said if the coil is getting hot the circuit is not opening.
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The areas to look at are;
1) The wire from the key switch is turned in too far and is shorting to the dist. body.
2) The wire from the bottom plate to the top plate is shorted to the dist body.
3) The points are not opening.
4) that Condenser is shorted to the distributor body.
Each and every time you open the points you should get a spark at the wire from the coil. Unless this happens in makes no difference what the dist. body cap wires or spark plugs are doing.