I'm sorry, but I haven't been following this thread. Here's my 2 cents.

The older Chrysler automotive ignition systems with points and condenser had
a resistor in series with the coil. This resistor was bypassed when the
ignition key was in the start position, but placed in series with the coil
with the ignition switch in the run position. If the ignition switch was bad
or if someone had done something to the resistor (like jumpering it out)
then the coil would not last long. It was common for these resistors to go
bad causing the engine to run with the ignition switch in the start position
but not in the run position. The quick fix was to jumper out the resistor,
but if you didn't replace it, then the coil would go bad. I used to keep a
spare resistor in my glove compartment after this happened to me the second
time. I think I used about 5 of them in the life of the car.

--
Charley


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:16:55 GMT, "Eisboch"
wrote:

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Dave's response rang a dusty old bell in my head. I seem to recall an
issue
with electronic ignition systems for cars, particularly when they first
came
out and were being retro-fitted to the older points and condenser
systems.
Coils were dying a quick death due to the sharper pulse of the electronic
ignition. A higher performance coil was required to cure the problem.

The man is hot today.

Another good point.

Later,

Tom