Help now hot coil!!

[1972orangebeast]

Tryin to hook up electronic ignition, we had it all hooked up before and putting car back together and now cool getting hot!

Background
Dart 1972
340 standard electronic ign orange box ignition
Single ballistic resistor
Accel coil

In garage now help is greatly app

 

[68cuda78]

Maybe the resistor is bad

 

[1972orangebeast]

Ok on my resistor I only have two connections, and does it matter what side the connectors go on?

 

[67Dart273]

Saying "Accel coil" is like saying "General Motors"

What is the part no. for the coil? What does Accel say you need for a ballast?

Have you measured running battery voltage? You still run the factory ammeter? Is it centered?

 

[1972orangebeast]

Accel 8140

Ballast is good around 1 ohms
Coil is good almost zero ohms from + -
And from - to he coil where it plugs is 10k ohms

No running circuit test

 

[1972orangebeast]

No ammeter

 

[67Dart273]

It appears that the Accel website is incredibly uninformative for a company that is supposed to "does ignition." From what I can gather, the factory ballast should be fine.

You are NOT?? leaving the key on with engine off, right?

Any chance the coil is defective?

 

[1972orangebeast]

Houston we have lift off! Thanks guys have no ideas hat we did but maybe just a bad ground. It's running

 

[67Dart273]

This is what happens when you post from a phone. Nobody knows WITF you are talking about

 

[TrailBeast]

This is what happens when you post from a phone. Nobody knows WITF you are talking about

^^^

 

[1972orangebeast]

Yea I understand was spire of moment and been 2 years since we have messed with ignition stuff and coil was just heating up, and we over thought a lot of stuff , I think we just had bad connection and the plug wires on cap were in correct order but started on the wrong plug! Fml oh well now it's a roaring