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dave in australia · 06-06-2012, 02:38 AM

Do you have the right coil. Some coils require a ballast resistor to prevent the points from frying, that is if you have gone away from an original six volt coil.

06-06-2012, 02:38 AM	#3
dave in australia Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,177	Re: points burning out on the Model A distributer Do you have the right coil. Some coils require a ballast resistor to prevent the points from frying, that is if you have gone away from an original six volt coil.