OK, not exactly for this forum, but ill give you guys a try anyway. I just bought a 65 rambler marlin, neat car for what it is and i got the thing dirt cheap so I could not pass it up. anyways, it doesnt want to run smooth all the time, and when it gets warm it stalls, i replaced fuel filters(good flow there) replaced the points, condencer, cap, rotor, coil , plugs, wires and alternator. the alternatoe is a internal regulated self exciting type, so i bypassed the voltage regulator. now. when it stalled i checked the points and thay were not burned but they were smoking hot. after it cooled for abuot 10 min it started right up and ran smooth for about 45 min and then the same thing happened again,and again and again. am i missing something else electrical some place else? please help.
First thought wrong coil. You may need a internaly resisted coil and what you put on is not which would cause hot point for sure. Still got the orignal coil? Put it back on and see what happens.
That year AMC V-8s had a coil with a ballast resistor, sixes used a high resistance coil. It's a standard Chevy six cylinder coil -- AMC bought ignition from GM (Delco-Remy). Delco coil number is 1115066 if that helps -- 3.3-4.1 ohm primary resistance (any coil with primary resistance in that range should work, the ones that need a ballast resistor or resistance wire have 1.77-2.05 ohm primary resistance). No, they didn't buy much from other manufacturers like some believe, but they did buy ignition/electric systems (starter and alternator), carbs, trannys, and steering boxes. Not a whole lot more. As a side note they sold some wiring harnesses to GM and a few other small parts through companies owned by AMC (like Delco-Remy is owned by GM).
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