this car was fitted with lumenition that was removed for aldon ignitor.This has now been removed to return to normal points but after about 3 minutes running the plastic on the spring side of the points is melting due to them becoming hot.I have tried a new coil,still the same.When I bought the car the wires to the coil were on the wrong way round which caused the ignitor to fail,Now everything is back round the right way,.

Steve Winter, November 2008

check lt resistance of coil if its less than 1ohm its for electronic ignition,and may be drawning up to 12amps threw points,should be about 3 ohms ,max draw 4 amps

glen, November 2008

many thanks for the answer I will try it and let you know.

Steve Winter, November 2008

sounds like ballast resistor either not fitted or wired incorectly on ignition coil.i think on most older fords that a resistive wire is fitted to coil which operates when ignition is on,when cranking a 12v feed from solenoid feeds direct to coil [which say is 9v ] which boosts spark for easier starting, then when running the resistive lead [say 3v] comes into operation "3v + 9v = 12v. on some BL vehicles it is a seperate resistor unit which you could fit. hope this helps.

k, November 2008