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Lester..... ....really sounds that your friends sidemount 6 volt 8N has an "incorrect" ignition coil. Drawing too many "AMPS". Most ignition systems are designed to draw about 3 amps. Its a points contact area thing. From there the ignition coil designer determines how many wire turns to get the electomagnetic field flux required to satuarate the iron core so that when the points open, the sudden collasp of the magnetic field will fully transform the highvoltage secondary of about 30,000 volts. From there (#turns in primary), the coil designer determines the resistance of the primary wire used, which is determined by diameter of wire, which determines the amps flowing under the voltage being supplied by the battery/generator. Its an "Ohms Law" thing. Now that you understand ElectroMagnetic Theory 101, And from your stated problem of burning points, and if indeed, you have the correct ignition coil, then the most likely suspect is a bad (open) or no ignition condenser. Unfortunately, I don't have the ignition coil resistances "memorized" and I can't readily find my "table". But as a general guess, primary resistance probably close to 2 ohms (3amps = 6 volts/2 ohms) and secondary resistance close to 15,000 ohms. Bottom line, for OEM 6 volt sidemount N-Tractors, there is NO ballast resistor used. ..... .....Dell
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