Same question I would have. Unless the new coil has an internal resistor, you have to keep the external resistor.
Only 2? There is a lot of wrong info in this thread.Ayuh,.... I believe there's atleast Two posters in this thread, that have No idea how a points fired ignition works,.....
Ayuh,.... I believe there's atleast Two posters in this thread, that have No idea how a points fired ignition works,.....
You are correct. You need a resistor. Its either external or in the coil.
tach. my tach worked fine too on my first engine. we would be running for a couple of hours and start idling and the engine would start runnin rough then you would see a big spark from pos. to ground and the engine conked out.and would not restart. read some where in this forum that the tach could be the problem so start there so i did and changed all my gauges. never happened again. changed engine cause Don S said after looking at a few pictures of the engine, that i was riding on a BOMB! first salt water boat. i heeded his warning. GOD BLESS DON S.
thump, you are most likely right. first year with a mercruiser and dont have the experience all y'all have. when i read someones thread that sounds like something i just went through i,ll just share it.
