Unusual for the Bosch to be wrong - they are usually so
thorough............. :-)
I suspect ballast resistors hadn't been invented when MGAs were in
production. Certainly, MG didn't fit coils that used them until 1975.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Cotty <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 9:22 PM
Subject: Coil Question
>Hi all,
>
>Getting my new Bosch dist. tomorrow so I decided to replace the one I took
>from my MGB which is 29yrs old with a Sport coil type. Bosch have just
>re-released their GT40 in the round style so I won't have to go drillin'
>holes in the A to fit their new funky shaped one.
>
>The Bosch catalog says the MGA requires a coil WITH a ballast resistor.
>Surely this isn't right. The one I took off my A was a Lucas HA12, and the
>one off the MGB (70) didn't use a Ballast resistor either. Can someone just
>clarify that for me that I need one WITHOUT a ballast resistor. I'm 99%
sure
>I'm right, just don't want to order till I'm 100%..! <G> :)
>
>Cheers,
>Neil.
>
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