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I am going to do some thinking "out loud" here... I unhooked the feed to the gauge lights (wearing gloves this time) and the switch does not get...
I think BJR is right...I need to label all of the wires with numbers to where they attach on the switch and remove them all and start plugging...
I thought about unplugging all of them, but I’m sure I wouldn’t put them back on right! I didn’t really touch anything, and this is a...
It was a brand new O’Reillys switch made by standard American, or some thing. I know that the NOS switch would have been preferred, but I just...
First one was a week ago but I thought it was because the rheostat was old and didn't work well anyway- I had a thread on that one. I've owned...
BTW- I have a 0.8 and a 1.2 on the way…I figure I can test them with my meter and figure out which is closer.
I don’t know, either, Jack! There’s kind of a divide on whether or not I should even be using a ballast resistor with my Pertronix Ignitor. It...
The ballast resistor in my coupe measures 1.0 ohms. Nothing I can find online is rated at 1.0 ohms. I can find some for 0.8, 1.4, 1.5,...
Thanks to all...This is what I found when I took the switch out today. I went to O'Reilly's and they didn't have the AC/Delco one in stock so I...
OUCH! That was the BETTER looking knob option at that site! (But I agree 100%) I would be reusing my knob. In the interest of being able to...
This one? https://www.ronfrancis.com/product/661
Thanks to all. I have had the car for a year, almost. There are 6 gauge lights- SW wings. 4@ 2 1/16 and 2 of the larger 3 3/8. I really...
The headlights do (did) not dim, just the gauge lights. I know no specifics on the original application switch but here are a couple photos…
Can anyone recommend a good headlight switch I can use in my Model A? I think they're just Guide headlights (with halogen lamps). I found some...
I hooked the resistor back in...Sunbeam's post (and some others) got me thinking that it's been there this whole time...Then I pulled up and OLD...
I am bypassing the resistor now, as it sounds like the Pertronix is supposed to get the full 12v. I did nothing with the solenoid- I had a bad...
SUCCESS!!! I started checking for continuity and got a good trace all the way to the 30 amp fuse in the fuse panel. I started checking for...
Bad- I'm a sucker because things take forever to get here, so one's on the way just in case... You mean the actual positive post on the battery...
So...now that I'm thinking about it...it still fires when I hit the starter switch because of the "auxiliary contact" in the starter solenoid...
I was going to order a switch regardless...Do I need to try to find a 12v version of this switch? Will this one do?...
Here is the latest group of readings... Continuity from both posts on the ballast resistor to both posts on the coil, no voltage with switch on or...
The coil is Pertronix. I know that, because I just peeled the ugly sticker off of it two weeks ago! It seems like we have ruled out the ballast...
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