Robert -
One way to check the coil is very simple. Run the car until it stumbles or
dies. CAREFULLY put one hand on the coil. If it's hot, it's suspect,
especially if it is hotter than, say, the valve cover. If it's too hot to
touch, it's faulty.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
On Wednesday, May 27, 1998 10:30 AM, Geoffrey P. Muttart
[SMTP:gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca] wrote:
> Robert:
>
> I've experienced the same problem and was stumped until I tried a coil
from
> a friend's Austin that I knew worked properly. It turned out that the
spare
> coils I tried all suffered from the same malady and broke down when the
car
> warmed-up. If your replacement coil is not proven to be fine then I'd
> concentrate there.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Geoff Muttart
> Nova Scotia, Canada
> '59 Bugeye (undergoing long-term 'restoration')
> '60 Bugeye
> several Midget parts cars
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