Thread: No Spark on 73 GTV
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Old 11-08-2003, 07:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Roadtrip
...PAPAJAM: Did pre-74s have ballast resistors? I note in the wire diagrams that it isn't there. [/b]
All the diagrams I've drawn so far, thru 1974, are based on the diagrams from Alfa owners manuals that show no ballast resistor. Just looked at a '75 diagram and it DOES have a resistor. Perhaps '75 was the first year for them?
I'm with RT that the PO had some mods done. Not always a bad thing (but usually is) IF you can figure out what was done and where.
The capacitor (condensor) on the coil is to suppress RFI from the ignition system.
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