What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

And anyone know why there would be an external resistor on the coil? As long as I’ve owned it there has been no wire coming out of it . Could it be for radio interference ?

Its to protect the points and help keep the magnetic field going. Heres a good article that goes thru conventional ignition that explains it better than me as well as lots of other good info.

https://www.championautoparts.com/Te...gnetic%20field.