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posted by  TomTom on  Tue Mar 6 09:56 CST 2007
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I hooked up another 12V coil as per the helpful instructions. The car started, but coughed and spluttered, backfired loudly out of the exhaust, and nothing I did with the gas pedal would make it run smoothly. The choke/carbs side was absolutely fine before the coil played up.

What I would like to do is run it for 20 minutes to someone to change the coil, but I don't think I would get 100 yards at the moment. Do you know why the running is so bad? Would replacing the distributor and contents improve things at all?

I'm pleased because I managed to wire up the other coil and learned a bit more about how the car works, so thanks very much for the encouragement so far!

Tom






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New coil sparking but in the wrong place... [120-130]
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