" From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> " " " If the coil is bad you need a GM (Delco) 3.3-4.1 ohm coil. not just delco. this coil type was common in marine inboard setups, presumably to reduce the number of sparky fume-igniting relays and contacts. " The 65 American doesn't have a ballast resistor or a resistance wire in the harness -- the resistance is built into the coil. this was true up to '67. '68s went to 'conventional' coil and external ballast. makes older cars slightly easier to switch to hei since the coil/dist is already getting full 12v all the time. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list