Chris Leonard
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| posted on 6/5/03 at 12:48 PM |
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Ignition Ballast wire
The ongoing rewiring........
On the escort MKII loom there is a pink Ballast wire that goes to the coil. It runs parallel with the yellow/back wire that also goes to the coil My
understanding is that this reduces the voltage down to 9v.
My Question: does this need to be a specific length to do its job i.e. the length it is on the donor. Not much of a problem but its about 2 foot to
long. I'd like to cut it down and rejoin it, if not I'll have to coil it up under the scuttle
Cheers Chris
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Hornet
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| posted on 6/5/03 at 03:33 PM |
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It needs to be that long m8 to create the resistance. I would coil it, but beware of coiling as it will generate small amount of heat.
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timf
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| posted on 6/5/03 at 03:35 PM |
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or else
cut it out and replace it with a proper balast resitor next to the coil
Tim
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Chris Leonard
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| posted on 6/5/03 at 04:32 PM |
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a proper one - tell me more - available from all good stockists?
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/5/03 at 08:06 PM |
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The one used on the Transit mk2
It looks like a porcelain fuse with a thin wire. Costs about £4. Got one in the shed somewhere.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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timf
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| posted on 6/5/03 at 09:01 PM |
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proper ones
any good motor factors should have one.
having run a mk2 rs2000 with the balast wire built in the loom and it fails miles from anywhere so replace it with a normal wire. result bunt out coil
and points . . so replaced the lot with a luminition kit. best investment ever just fit and forget better idle,cleaner spark and no points
bounce
[Edited on 6/5/03 by timf]
[Edited on 6/5/03 by timf]
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