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| kart54 |
 Jan 17 2007, 03:04 PM
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I posted this in the garage section and got no response so I thgought I would try here. Working on the race car last night I flipped my main power switch to test something else I was doing. After a couple of minutes I heard the oil in the coil making noise. When I jumped out of the cockpit and went to the engine compartment I found the coil was so hot it burned my fingers.
What will cause a coil to burn like that? Is it a fault within the coil itself or something external? The coil was an MSD blaster 2 and my ignition is a Crane XR700 optical with rev limiter. I went out today and got a new coil but I want to make sure I'm not going to fry this one as well by just installing it. Anything I should check first? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks Randy |
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| byndbad914 |
Jan 17 2007, 07:09 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(kart54 @ Jan 17 2007, 02:04 PM)  I posted this in the garage section and got no response so I thgought I would try here. Working on the race car last night I flipped my main power switch to test something else I was doing. After a couple of minutes I heard the oil in the coil making noise. When I jumped out of the cockpit and went to the engine compartment I found the coil was so hot it burned my fingers. What will cause a coil to burn like that? Is it a fault within the coil itself or something external? The coil was an MSD blaster 2 and my ignition is a Crane XR700 optical with rev limiter. I went out today and got a new coil but I want to make sure I'm not going to fry this one as well by just installing it. Anything I should check first? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks Randy Make sure you only power the coil when you are actually ready to start the car in the future. I have a toggle switch mounted right by my key - I turn the key to run the engine on the starter until oil pressure comes up, then while still holding the key I flick the switch with my index finger to relay 12V to both the coil and the ignition box and the car fires up. edited to clear up bad previous editing - hahah |
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kart54 Coil frying? Jan 17 2007, 03:04 PM
Matt Romanowski I have no experience with the crane system, but is... Jan 17 2007, 06:22 PM McMark I'll have to disagree and post an alternate ex... Jan 17 2007, 10:19 PM byndbad914 :agree: I edited that a few times trying to make ... Jan 18 2007, 04:01 PM McMark :thumbsup: Jan 18 2007, 08:18 PM kart54 Thank you both very much for your responses and yo... Jan 19 2007, 03:26 PM
kart54 It Lives. The new coil is in and the car fired rig... Jan 21 2007, 11:43 PM |
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