Hi guys,
As a part of an ignition overhall. I'm changing the ballist resistor on the coil of an 18r-c. The problem i had was that the points were arching and I was getting misfires under load. I changed the points and the problem dissapeared. I'm changing the condensors and the ballist resistor. The only ballist esistor I can get is a universal one from Repco. This gives a different resistance then the toyota reccomended one for that coil. Will it cause a problem? The toyota rec is 1.2 -1.4. The uni one gives 2. ohms. Theres also a second plug for the distributor coded red instead of black, does anybody know what this is for? Thanks guys.
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Registered: November 2002
Re: Ballist resistor rating for ra40
Fri, 07 May 2004 23:59
Don't know about the wire colors sorry.
The resistor ratings i've seen relate to voltage output. That's to say that 12v should be going in, approx 8v out to coil. hang on the other wire may be a bypass for startup giving 12v to coil at start. You could remove the resistor altogether and fot a non resistive coil, I don't know how this affects the dizzy but I've done it on more than one occasion without problems. I'd wait for a elec specialist to reply (sideshow maybe?)
You could put 12v across the resistor in the store and check the output too.
Fri, 07 May 2004 15:28
