Recent content by SharkHead

Yes, Car was running

So I tested coil negative to battery positive and it's running anywhere from three and a half to almost four and a half volts, jumping around a bit even at a steady rate of around 2,000 RPM.

At rpm rev I am getting 14.4v from the coil and 14.6v from the main post on the alternator. The coil is an original mopar 4176009.

Well the blinkers seem to flash really fast and I have had problems with coil burnout--I read somewhere that the voltage on the '89 is controlled through the board-there is no external ballast resistor on this model car.

It is a steady 14+ while running-I assume this is too high?

Can you clue me in on how to test the coil voltage?

I thought I read somewhere that a bad lean burn board can overdrive the voltage in the ignition system-('89 5th Ave.)-is this accurate? If so does anyone have experience with the rebuilt units that cardone produces? Cardone Reman® - Engine Control Computer

Thx BudW - that clarifies some things for me-as good as it is running with an original Mopar I have to assume that the new replacement coils that went bad were just pure junk - hard to believe they can sell this stuff!

So far it is running fine on the Mopar coil I obtained in Salvage- is there an easy way to see if the coil is being over driven?

found an original mopar in salvage--so far so good!

in reference to above-it edited out the URL when i posted so click on the ecatalog link on on the left check ignition coil- it will come right up-napa part # IC27

Here is what NAPA is calling for - Ecatalog direct cross reference for the carquest part numbers that burnt out - clearly says on it "for use with external resistor" The CarQuest unit does not say that but since they directly cross reference I have to assume it is the same in that regard--so I...

80 Mirada - R U saying the voltage reducer in the controller is an internal part of the coil? Or is the controller a separate part in the ignition system that could be bad?

for the record CarQuest calls for an EBC1418 - burnt out two of them so probably not the right application!

Okay, you guys have been most helpful, this is getting it down to the nitty-gritty, apparently the listings are wrong, for example if you go to RockAuto and look up the coil for an 89 Fifth Avenue and look at the illustration it will say for use with external resistor so what I really want is a...