> Hi folks, I just got a flat bed tow home -- I'm pretty sure the coil went.
> What's the life expectancy of a coil, do they just die like that with no
> warning?
Barring unusual circumstances, they should last 50 years or more.
> Is this another spare I should carry? :)
Opinions vary, obviously, but I don't. The wrecked TR3A is still wearing the
coil I bought at K-mart around 1988 (old one was physically damaged). The 56
TR3 I recently bought runs just fine on what appears to be it's original coil.
Almost any small town auto parts store should have a coil that would get you
home. Might take some creativity with the wires, and a ballast resistor would
be a good idea, but not absolutely essential for a few hundred miles.
Randall
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