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Bob..... ..ya gotts bad sparkies BECAUSE the dealer in all his kindness, don't know stuff from shineolla. The resistor for a 6 volt conversion cuts the 12 volts battery down so the 6 volt coil works properly. If'n you used the same 12 to 6 volt resistor on a 12 volt coil, its the same as trying to run the 12 volt coil offen a 6 volt battery and yer onlys gonna getts 1/2 the sparkies and a lot of poppin'. So whats an electrically challenged 12 volt converter guy suppost to do? Well, he might want to consider checking the "archives" at the top of this great N-Board and read about the trials and tribulations of fellow electrically challenged N-Owners. Or he could pay attention to the following: The dealer was only semi-wrong. If'n you use a 12 volt frontmount coil you must have a current limiting resistor or the 14.7 volts of the alternator will burn out your 12 volt coil. Some of the original 12 volt coils had a WARNING TAG stating 13 VOLTS MAX, believe them!!! Best Option, go to radio shack (yer not gonna get the correct resistor at the tractor dealer or the corner autoparts store) and get a 0.4 to 0.5 ohm 20 to 25 watt power resistor (values are not too critical, get a clerk to help you) And no, I don't have a part number, that is what store clerks are there for. Hook it up between the ignition switch and the 12 volt frontmount coil terminal. Nothing else in the circuit. Use good electrical practice, you know terminals and insulatiative wires and WARNING that power resistor gets HOT, burnie-burnie. So don't mount the power resistor where it could melt some other wires, got it? ..... ...Dell
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