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My theory is the engine heat dried out the coil enough for it to work again but I knew I needed a new one.
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Now onto the crux of my post.
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First up is my old knackered coil This is a rev 1 with 7mm ht leads so the part number is specific to that.
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Now on those pics you can see the crack on each side and the rusty delamination on the underside.
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Fitted the new coil and she fired straight up.
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Now on to pointers
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Be careful when releasing the electrical connectors.
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Be gentle with the king lead as they can be damaged especially the L shaped end at the dizzy
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When I went to remove the coil from the bracket I found the machine screws wouldn't budge, not 1 of the 4.
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So You may need 4 off M4 x 15mm pan head machine screws
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On refitting I ran a tap through the threads on the bracket and added a little copperslip.
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Whilst the bracket is off the firewall also remove the igniter and clean up the mounting points on the bracket for the coil, ignitor and bolts.
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Access to the coil is improved by releasing the fuse box from its mounting points.
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Basically this 10 minute job could turn into a couple of hours
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HTH