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Installed The electronic Fhead dist ..

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Hawk62cj5, Feb 21, 2008.

  1. Feb 21, 2008
    Hawk62cj5

    Hawk62cj5 Captain of OldSchool

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    I ran out of time but I think I have a problem . I fired the jeep up to see what it would do , the motor kinda fluttered like it was getting a weak spark . So I pulled a wire and the spark did look really weak . I talked to a friend and he told me to replace the coil . I got to thinking ... I know trouble... I think I need to remove the ballist resistor . Whats yalls thoughts on it?:hurrican:
     
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  2. Feb 21, 2008
    w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

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    Yes, it's not needed with a hall-effect distributor. The only function of a ballast resistor is to reduce the current across the breaker points so that arcing is kept to a minimum. No points = no ballast resistor. :)
     
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  3. Feb 22, 2008
    mortten

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    :iagree:
     
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    kaiser_willys

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    :iagree: too, swaped out the points dist in a chevy to hei, ran like crap, later on found out that the wire going to the coil on a chevy, has the right amount of resistance in it, so no resistor needed, ran new wire to the switch to supply 12vdc, ran great, as said no points no resistor
     
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  5. Feb 22, 2008
    ktm25089

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    keep in mind that some coils would overheat without the resistor.make one test around your house before go to a trip or something like that.
    did you installed the omix-ada f-134 electronic distributor?or pertronix system?
     
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  6. Feb 22, 2008
    Hawk62cj5

    Hawk62cj5 Captain of OldSchool

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    its the omix ada one. this morning I bypassed the ballist resistor and fired her up. It sounded better before it died...... I havnt set the timing yet and it was pretty cold also so that was to be expected . I didnt have time to play with it so Ill give yall a full report about it sometime doing the weekend.
    Thanks
     
    Hawk62cj5, Feb 22, 2008
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  7. Feb 22, 2008
    w3srl

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    :toetap:
     
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  8. Feb 22, 2008
    Hawk62cj5

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    I might get to it this eve , but im working 80 miles away and some pretty nasty weather out.
     
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  9. Feb 22, 2008
    blevisay

    blevisay Oh Noooooooooooooooo! Staff Member

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    Uwop
     
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  10. Feb 22, 2008
    Hawk62cj5

    Hawk62cj5 Captain of OldSchool

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    Well I was going to do another thread just on the distrib install and setup , This was just a quick question I had . I plan on posting some pics in the next thread.
     
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  11. Feb 22, 2008
    sparky

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    While I agree that it's not needed for an electronic distributor. I'm still confused. I thought the F-head didn't have a ballast resistor?????????
     
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  12. Feb 22, 2008
    Hawk62cj5

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    not originally ,till I blew up a coil.. :oops:
     
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    sparky

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    Oh, Ok.
     
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    1960willyscj5

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    I found this last week that the Checkers and AutoZone stores don't carry coils that don't need the ballast. A bit inconvenient, if you ask me. Now if I want to use the coil I picked up, then I also have to install the ballast resistor. Plymouth Acclaim ones should fit.:coffee:
     
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  15. Feb 23, 2008
    Hawk62cj5

    Hawk62cj5 Captain of OldSchool

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    Ok that fixed it .............. I thought I had my timing light here but its back at the shop 40 miles away ..... maybe my nieghbor has one. I set it by ear and its ok but I think its a little off.
     
    Hawk62cj5, Feb 23, 2008
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