Ignition coil 12v v.s. 6v and ballast
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Ignition coil 12v v.s. 6v and ballast
Hello Forum,
My '86 xj6 has a smoking ballast resistor.
I thought it was the old leaking coil, So I replaced that with a new 12v High-Performance coil (I know the original is supposed to be a 6v).
The ballast still smokes.
My questions are:
1. Are there dangers in putting a 12v coil?
2. Is there a way to accommodate a 12v coil if there are indeed dangers to other components?
3. Can I do away with the ballast entirely?
Cheers,
AC
p.s. the car starts and runs very well, just a smokey ballast with accompanying foul odour.
My '86 xj6 has a smoking ballast resistor.
I thought it was the old leaking coil, So I replaced that with a new 12v High-Performance coil (I know the original is supposed to be a 6v).
The ballast still smokes.
My questions are:
1. Are there dangers in putting a 12v coil?
2. Is there a way to accommodate a 12v coil if there are indeed dangers to other components?
3. Can I do away with the ballast entirely?
Cheers,
AC
p.s. the car starts and runs very well, just a smokey ballast with accompanying foul odour.
Last edited by monqc; 08-11-2012 at 07:41 PM.
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I thought it was the old leaking coil, So I replaced that with a new 12v High-Performance coil (I know the original is supposed to be a 6v).
No the originals were 12v coils
The ballast still smokes.
My questions are:
1. Are there dangers in putting a 12v coil?
My questions are:
1. Are there dangers in putting a 12v coil?
Nope. Any 12v coil with approx 1.0 ohm primary resistance should be OK
3. Can I do away with the ballast entirely?
Yup. Guys have been throwing the resistors over the hedge for years :-).
Cheers
DD
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Yes.
Assuming nothing has been tampered with over the years the resistor should have two white wires. Both go to the "+" post of the coil, as you say.
Cheers
DD
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