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Originally Posted by stout90  okay well ive looked at this diagram youve supplied and the red/light green wire comming from the ignition switch that goes to the coil... i have it directly routed to the coil.. and on the diagram it comes off the switch and goes to the coil as well as another place on the switch with a resistor wire inbetween, and also off the page to the right.... i guess what im trying to say is im not the BEST at reading wire diagrams and would you by chance KNOW the route it takes from the switch to the coil and everything in between?
i understand thats asking alot. but i really dont know what else to do.. |
From what I can see on that diagram a R/LG wire comes off the "START" contact of the ignition switch, and straight to the coil. Another R/LG wire comes off the "RUN" contact of the ign. sw. through a (1.1 Ohm resistance wire) and connects to the R/LG wire that comes off the "START" contact.
That means that when you are starting the vehicle you are getting full 12+ volts to the coil, but once the vehicle is running you are dropping some voltage across that resistor, and the coil is not getting the full voltage.
The guys above are right, your coil is probably heating up because you are running full power to it all the time. When the engine is running your coil should be getting the voltage through a resistor.
Regarding the wire that goes off to the right, off the page, it takes power to some component that needs power from the 'START" contact, but I think the ignition is pretty much covered on that page.
