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Rich Overton · 08-02-2011, 07:57 PM

Most of the guys are more knowledgeable here than me but just a thought. Are your points burned? I've had my "48 Merc. for about 8 years. Same senario as yours, you name it I've replaced it. It had a new Ford coil on it. ( no need to replace that, right? ) Well one set of points always burned within 50 to 100 miles. Finally decided to check the coil. Huh? no resistor! What the... put on an internal resisted coil. So far, So good. Check yours under the dash.

08-02-2011, 07:57 PM	#5
Rich Overton Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 135	Re: 41 flatty, miserable, spark, stops running. Most of the guys are more knowledgeable here than me but just a thought. Are your points burned? I've had my "48 Merc. for about 8 years. Same senario as yours, you name it I've replaced it. It had a new Ford coil on it. ( no need to replace that, right? ) Well one set of points always burned within 50 to 100 miles. Finally decided to check the coil. Huh? no resistor! What the... put on an internal resisted coil. So far, So good. Check yours under the dash.