Posted by Randy on Long Island [74.101.123.203] on Thursday, June 07, 2012 at 01:09:47 :
In Reply to: Sometimes posted by Sheman in Idaho [72.47.153.24] on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 at 23:54:03 :
I agree. Once had recently purchased boat with a Slant-Six Chrysler Marine Engine. Problematic starting and running from time to time. Appeared to be an ignition problem. While removing the coil to swap it out as a test I was able to read on it's side; "Internal Resistor". Problem is, the system also had a ballast resistor. Cold starts were usually OK as the ballast resistor was by-passed and the internal resistor was still 'cold'. During hot starts and running conditions voltage to coil was so low as to cause problems.