Greetings...
I have a 59 3200 pickup with a 235, three on the tree, a completely
stock pre-loved farm truck. It is about as original as it can be,
but I don't know exactly what happened when the previous owner had
the engine rebuilt.
I left the ignition turned on and boiled the coil this weekend trying
to make various engine adjustments (about which I will whine in a
future posting!) In replacing the coil, I learned that from 60 on
these trucks were equipped with a resistance wire in the instrument
panel harness rather than an in-line resistor. But I cannot find a
resistor anywhere in my engine compartment, nor any obvious place
where one used to be mounted. (I am familiar with the little white
ceramic units from other vehicles.) So I bought a high-performance
coil which is supposed not to need the external resistor.
Do the auto electric whizzes out there concur that I did the right
thing?
Thanks. And thanks for all the fun reading; other people's truck
adventures is my favorite escape from work.
jt
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