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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Coil Ignition
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<blockquote data-quote="Gary Gittleson" data-source="post: 146677" data-attributes="member: 3625"><p>I was wondering about this setup. Does your D distributor have just one lobe on the point cam? If it has two, you might have a problem when the points open on the unused lobe. That would cause a magnetic field collapse with no place for the spark to discharge. And that would cause the coil to try to discharge internally, thereby damaging the internal insulation. Or maybe you have the normal D distributor with two plug outlets. It that case, the problem could be avoided by connecting the unused outlet to ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gary Gittleson, post: 146677, member: 3625"] I was wondering about this setup. Does your D distributor have just one lobe on the point cam? If it has two, you might have a problem when the points open on the unused lobe. That would cause a magnetic field collapse with no place for the spark to discharge. And that would cause the coil to try to discharge internally, thereby damaging the internal insulation. Or maybe you have the normal D distributor with two plug outlets. It that case, the problem could be avoided by connecting the unused outlet to ground. [/QUOTE]
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