[W126 Coupe] SEC Starting Failure After a Massive Downpour

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I do not know but I doubt if any parts are interchangeable between the 380 & 
560.
John
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From: "a figment of the imagination" <figstir at yahoo.com>
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Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] SEC Starting Failure After a Massive Downpour


>
> Hi!
>
> I went to the salvage yard today and picked up a used
> coil off a 1990 560 SEC.  However, this coil is not
> the cylindrical type that goes on 380 SECs.  Does
> anyone know if it will really matter?
>
> I was reading the service manual and it said at the
> bottom: "Never replace ignition coil by one the
> ignition coils used up to now".
>
> Well, this is really confusing because I don't know
> what year the manual was made and the manual covers a
> range of W126 bodies from '82 to 91+, so what the heck
> kind of message is this?
>
> coils are coils?  beyond the number of windings and
> the strength of the induction current, can MBZ really
> have made a big change between earlier model SECs and
> later models?  obviously, not all coils are the same
> but to simply send current to the dizzy cap, can there
> really be that much of a "dangerous/damage-prone"
> difference?
>
>
> -fig
>
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