[W126 Coupe] SEC Starting Failure After a Massive Downpour

[Richard Hogarth]

Before you play this game, you may want to check the resistance of the coils
with an Ohmmeter.
The newer style 'block' coils produce a higher secondary voltage and have a
much faster 'recovery' time from one spark to the next. 
-axlehead at bellsouth.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of a figment of the imagination
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:11 PM
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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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