Originally Posted by TBM
Originally Posted by gomog
I would recommend you ignore the comments made so far. They are incorrect.
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I would suggest reading all the comments properly first, before a blanket dismissal. smile


Sorry TBM. Should I have written "incorrect or inapplicable". Sorry to have offended you but these things are not a contest in who is right. Dave only wants his car running right.There is no one more frustrated than a mogger with a wounded Morgan. What IS good of you is to TRY. People feel very alone and having someone like you attempting to help is half the battle. You can now correctly answer the next question in this area with panache. laugh

Originally Posted by vbalddave
Hi Lorne,

Thank you for your (genuinely) wise words! During the TalkMorgan interchange that I initiated as a result of my problems, I did indeed check the GoMog website, and that plus the prior contributions led me to conclude that I needed to include a ballast resistor in my ignition system - whoever had originally installed the Mallory distributor definitely failed to do on my car. The coil that the car burned out previously was a standard Bosch one for TCI ignitions. Tomorrow I will order said resistor, together with a replacement Mallory ignition module; I don't want to take any chances!

Greetings and best wishes from North Yorkshire, Dave


You are a wise man. I always carried the little optical unit in my Malloried Plus 8s. I had an occasion to be very grateful for that. If the pivoting bonnet stay touches the ballast resistor. it cancels its effect and the coil burns out in a few miles. Hard one to figure out as the problem disappears as soon as you lift the bonnet. laugh2 If you have a sec, test the present module with a credit card. I put up a simple test for you. https://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/MalloryUnilite.html#Testing It is not unusual for an unballasted coil to snafu the "module". Better safe than the other thing.

I use Mallory brown top coil for EFI. I know that there are those who swear by Bosch Blues..but only some are good and others bad depending on which country they are made. https://ratwell.com/technical/BlueCoil.html That being said, I am not a fan of hype. Any component is only as good as it performs for YOU. Install the ballast resistor and see what happens for a few drives. All mainstream Morgans pre-2000 are infinitely tweakable if you have a screwdriver and a bit of time. Very owner friendly vehicles.