Jerry Roberts Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) There have been several posts on coil failures on these car / truck forums but my coil failure was a little different so I will explain for the next guy . Others have had their coils heat up and that prevented their vehicles from restarting until the coil was cooled down . On my vehicle the engine would sputter after things warmed up and the engine was pulling hard as in climbing up hill . The engine ran fine when it had only a light load . I suspected the more normal ignition problems , points , cap , condenser , rotor , plug wires , timing , plugs and carb adjustment and vacuum advance . After looking at all of those possible problems I realized that it was probably the coil as It happened after warm up . I replaced the coil and all is well again . Afterwards I remembered a faint occasional oder when driving of a hot electrical smell . When I was having problems I didn't think to touch the coil to see if it was too hot , but it must have been . Edited October 2, 2018 by Jerry Roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 I have had coils after a long run time not fire a cylinder or two... weak to no spark...swap in another coil ...all's well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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