Thanks Steve,
after some more research some people suggest swithing the wires to the coil around , the previous owner had painted the coil so there are no markings on it. Iβm thinking about swapping the coil out and throwing this one in a box. Any suggestions for a new one ? how to fix that. Are you the gentleman I register my car with? Thanks again for everyones input. - best , Jeff
Yes, Jeff, you need to reverse the wiring connections at the coil. Forgot that little detail, sorry. If you look closely at the coil terminals, you should see a '+' above one terminal and '-' above the other. Or, if you have an older coil it could be "CB" and "SW". CB means contact breaker, and that is the white/black wire that goes to the distributor (it's the + side for positive ground). SW is the ignition SWitch terminal with the white wire (for positive ground). To convert to negative ground, simply switch each wire to the other terminal along with the other steps I mentioned before.
I have a "Lucas" coil from Moss Motors on my BJ8, but I recently bought a spare at NAPA while on the road. It's NAPA Proformer, P/N IC14SB. Haven't used it yet. Moss also has a Pertronix coil for twice the price (
www.mossmotors.com). The coil should be for use "without an external resistance".
Yes, I am the BJ8 Registrar. I have your car in the registry from having seen it on bringatrailer, but there are some additional details I would like to document. You can go the BJ8 Registry button at the top of the A-H forum home page to see what is desired. And thanks!