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krauseheim

06-30-2019 09:18 PM

Mystery part, and it smokes.

The little item connects to the ignition coil on my ‘53 Buick Super. 322 V8. I just replaced the coil, which had a meltdown. When I connected the battery, this mystery part started smokin. Anyone know what it is... and what might be wrong?
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Rich B.

07-01-2019 05:15 AM

Possibly a ballast resistor. Will get quite hot (supposed too) and is used to lower voltage to distributor contact points, makes them last longer.

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