- 1. Re: Coil position on MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: MGBay@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:46:57 -0500
- I've been working on a newly acquired '70 MGB/GT. While undoing some of the previous owner's bad wiring I was replacing the coil. This reminded me of something that has always bothered me. Why is the
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- 2. Re: Coil position on MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: BMcKarney@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 12:24:24 -0500
- Randy..It has something to do with the gravity pull on the voltage south of the equator. Mounting right side up would prohibit the upward flow to #2 and of our Australian MG mates.
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00056.html (6,877 bytes)
- 3. FW: Coil position on MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 15:13:00 -0800 (PST)
- It depends... I believe that the B coils were mounted upside down to facilitate the connection between the coil and distributor., It makes the distance shorter. I recently installed a Mallory oil fil
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00066.html (8,285 bytes)
- 4. Re: Coil position on MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: jfischer@supercollider.com (James Fischer)
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 16:33:57 -0500
- Right. But, downward prevents things from falling onto the terminals, and shorting things out. A random wrench, a bit of wire, whatever. The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics says "Natural processes increas
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00070.html (7,742 bytes)
- 5. Re: Coil position on MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton)
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 09:49:09 +0500
- Been there, done that. True, the coil's position doesn't directly affect (not "effect") its operation, but the wires are just *barely* long enough to attach to the terminals on a coil in an upright (
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00115.html (7,888 bytes)
- 6. Re: Coil position on MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lambdin <E720LAM@TOE.TOWSON.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 09:08:05 -0500 (EST)
- Isn't this 2nd Law the same as Murphy's Law - "If something can go wrong it will go wrong" ]The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics says "Natural processes increase entropy". ]Translation - "You think you're i
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