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Any idea why my truck is killing, blowing or eating the dist. Condensor??? I replace condensor every week!! It runs fine for a weekend and by next week it wont starts.. Replace condensor and runs fine for a couple of days..... Something's wrong help!!!

Does condenser = suppressor? If not, please ignore my post.

Perhaps your Ballast resistor has failed to a low-ohm (should be about 4.5 ohms, if I'm not mistaken). There is a good sticky topic in electrical about this.

Alternatively, I think the starter button bypasses the ballast resistor and delivers full battery voltage to the suppressor while cranking. Perhaps there could be a failure or short in the switch so that 24v is delivered to the suppressor all the time?

i call condensor to the little cilindrical shape piece attached to the dist. with a single wire on top connected to the points..

I'm learning a bit about the Pinz still. All my previous experience is electronic ignition.

The internet tells me that the condenser is a capacitor on the low-voltage side of the ignition coil that helps generate an alternating current for the ignition coil.

That said, a high voltage from the ballast or ignition buttons could destroy it. Or, not to accuse you, but make sure it is a good quality replacement. Check the voltage at your ballast resistor, or at the "+" wire of the ignition coil.

i was looking at EI video on you-tube about the values on the ballast resistor....i dont have same readings as the video... where should be 24.5, i have 26.0 ,, where should be 19.3 i have 21.5...and so on.... is my ballast resistor BAD??? or what is a tolerance voltage for this?? and also with engine not running i have 14.3 at coil +,,and on the ballast resistor....are this numbers acceptable??? last week my truck died on the road i towed home 4 hours later i replace the condensor and starts right up...then i put back the old(supposed bad) condensor and its running again!!! im lost here.... ohh i did try to start the truck after sitting couple of hours before towing and did not start..

Install Pertronix and you won't need the condensor.

Yeah... But im afraid of killing The petronix sys. I heard stories.... I need to find the culprit....

What video were you watching? I couldn't find it, and I'm not sure where the voltage measurements were taken. Sounds like they are just about right, though.

26 volts is normal on a charged/charging battery.


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There is a video on EI website, when you look for ballast resistor you will find it...

Sorry... here is the video. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDLSsHl9ba ... DLSsHl9baY