<VV> Re: Coil Question

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Dave,
    Since the subject line did NOT say "NO CORVAIR" and  Matt's repeat of 
that portion of the original query failed to mention that the  car was NOT a 
Corvair I naturally assumed that this query had to do with  Corvairs since this is 
the VirtualVAIRS email group.
    And here I thought that I had FINALLY found  something to correct a Matt 
statement.<GGGG>
    Frank "should have known better" Burkhard
 
In a message dated 8/29/2006 2:54:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
Bucketboss at aol.com writes:

Uh....Frank......Matt was correctly saying adjust the points.  

Remember this is a mid sixties Chevrolet which most likely has that  little  
window to adjust the dwell of the points depending on the  model.

Stop that nitpicking......:-)

Dave  Fierek



In a message dated 8/29/2006 9:53:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
slowboat at mindspring.com writes:

> I discovered that his coil was  hooked up
> backwards. That is, the +12VDC was connected to the -ve coil  terminal and
> the points were connected to the +ve  terminal.
>   Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not  this would have harmed
> the coil? We're still having hard starting issues  even after correcting 
this
> and other problems.
>  
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Does he have the  12 volts from the starter solenoid during START?

Have you adjusted the  points while running?

Matt Nall