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151. My ignition is dying : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
Evening all, I've been working or servicing carbs and have got the engine going again. It was a bug$$r to start but after changing the ...
... car has a 6 volt coil with ballast resistor you need to ensure this is ... correctly to avoid it drawing to much current. i.e. The ballast resistor should ...
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152. Starter solenoid wiring : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
Hi all. I just got a new starter solenoid and just need a bit of help with how it should be wired. I've attached a ...
... . alaric It?s for the ballast resistor type coil, if you don ... t have one just leave it unconnected It?s only live while the starter ...
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153. +2 hard to startup!! : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I?m having problems everytime I come to start my car (?68 +2) I only get chance to run her every couple of wheels which I ...
... will be 6 volts , having a ballast resistor in-line. If that's the case ... you have a 12v coil fitted, you won't be getting a good spark while ...
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154. Identify item : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
Car is a 72+2s Federal. On the upper brake booster is mounted some relay or module. Need help identifying it Thanks Dennis
... system. I suspect it is a ballast resistor used in conjunction with a low ... standard loom. So probably regulator or resistor. Where do the cables run? ...
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155. My first Elan, my first problem... : Plus 2 Discussions - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [General]
You don't say what carburettors you have, but I assume they have a gauze filter under the banjo petrol connectors. Check that first - any ...
... component attached to the top called a ballast resistor. If it does not then ... should have a 12v coil. Just incase you do not know the theory behind ...
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156. Elan +2 Misfire when hot : Elan Discussions by LotusElan.net [General]
I am new to the forum and a recent 1968 Elan +2 owner. The car is suffering from a serious misfire after 10 - 15minutes ...
... & gapped points. Replaced coil & ballast resistor, stripped checked and replaced HT ... . Replaced plugs. Misfire IS NOT consistent to one cylinder in particular. Does ...
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157. HELP NEEDED TONIGHT, wrong coil????? : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
FROM MY EARLIER POST: Bosch blue coil bought now, the one in the "bad" section supposedly the best of those.... part number 0 221 102 ...
... , this coil has NOT got a ballast resistor, the Lucas gold one ( ... LP12) I just took off, HAS one by the clamp. WHAT should ...
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158. Electronic dizzy : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
As I am getting the +2 up to spec with a weber head I would also like to replace the dizzy with a electronic one ...
... the cap, the coil requires a ballast resistor which is supplied. It has ... trouble free and does not affect the tacho. Brian Brian I replaced an old ...
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159. More Electric gremlins... : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
After a few smoking wires (white) in my dash and a melted fusebox on the firewall (see previous post: Fried Ammeter) I replaced the melted ...
... side of the coil (or the ballast resistor if you have one) . ... connect that end of the wire to the end that you disconnected from the ignition ...
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160. Backfiring : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 5 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi Randy, Well, look at it this way; you might not have fixed your car but you've got a heck of an interesting thread running ...
... . I had the Lucas coil and ballast resistor. Regards, Dan Wise StressCraxx ... tried to resist posting in this thread since there are opinions a-plenty, but here's ...
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161. Ignition Fault : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
Hi all Have just spoken to my garage where lotti is in for her MOT and apparently she broke down on the way back from ...
... tdafforn Interesting. Are you running a ballast resistor plus cold start bypass from solenoid ... starting? Cheers Andy handi_andi the FF2000 car we run here was having problems with ...
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162. Starter motor fault check list : Electrical / Instruments - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
Indeed - Battery charge and voltage under load are the first two service checks recommended by Lucas. The latter should stay well over 10 volts ...
... , one of the reasons for a ballast resistor arrangement of the ignition. Actual ... measured is dependent on a number factors, rating of the Battery ( cranking current ...
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163. Hi torque motor wiring/diagrams : Electrical / Instruments by LotusElan.net [Electrical / Instruments]
Hi , I have recently bought a high torque starter motor; the plan is to fit it to my Europa Special as a trial and, ...
... terminal of the coil to bypass a ballast resistor if there is one. If ... intended for use with an external solenoid, it's fine to connect nothing to that ...
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164. Ignitor in Elan : Archive by LotusElan.net [Mailing List Archive]
David Mine is a Petronix, I am pretty sur thats the same as JAE. The reason you have to modify the tach in a Lotus ...
... . I cured it by removing the ballast resistor in series with the coil. ... coil I'm using doesn't need one and the resistor was limiting the current to the ...
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165. Ideal ignition coil location? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
You have a full width radiator. I think that those that mounted the coil on the radiator support had the later S4 (narrow) radiator.
... nice and cool, along with the ballast resistor and condensor. I had it ... on the radiator mount as it seemed stupid having exposed electrical connections under the carbs ...
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