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toomany2cvs
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 Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition ken wrote: Argentine standard coil, darker brown than the Visa type. The Argie ones are plain chocolate, the Visa ones are milk chocolate.
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twofifty AZU
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Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition toomany2cvs wrote: ken wrote: Argentine standard coil, darker brown than the Visa type. The Argie ones are plain chocolate, the Visa ones are milk chocolate. If only Citroen had seen fit to make their coils out of something other than chocolate; their coils needn't have been so prone to melting and destroying themselves. Citroen take technology a step too far sometimes...
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toomany2cvs
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Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition twofifty AZU wrote: toomany2cvs wrote: ken wrote: Argentine standard coil, darker brown than the Visa type. The Argie ones are plain chocolate, the Visa ones are milk chocolate. If only Citroen had seen fit to make their coils out of something other than chocolate Well, they made the chassis from cheese...
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lpgo
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Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get
life is like a coil of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get
life is like a coil of chocolates. You never know what spark you're gonna get
life is like a coil of a 2cv. You never know what spark you're gonna get
life is like a coil of 2cv. You never know if you're gonna get a spark
life is like a coil of a 2cv. You never gonna get a spark
When you have a 2cv. You never gonna get a spark
When you have a 2cv. You never gonna get a life
When you have a 2cv. You never live
2cv
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vitor
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twofifty AZU
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Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition I believe Shakespeare did drive a 2CV, in Hamlet he writes "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil".
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vitor
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| February 18th, 2011, 12:35 pm |
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blackjack
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Joined: February 21st, 2011, 7:37 pm
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Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition 123 gave me one of their units to test many years ago. I was using it with a Harley coil - I didn't tell them I was going to but they didn't tell me I shouldn't.
The car died 300 miles from home because the coil was the wrong resistance and the 123 unit got so hot all the solder melted out. Fortunately I was able to find a 2CV in a local scrapyard and pulled all the standard ignition parts to convert back and get me home. Don't think I would find one so easily today.
I now use a Boyer Brandsen - this gives the points a longer life and gets rid of the condensor (quality of these is piss poor now). I also use two 12v Ford coils - these are cheap, good quality ones are easy to find and they never, ever overheat. Another benefit is that one coil per cylinder gives a very strong spark and you can make the HT leads very short.
A great advantage of this set up is it uses standard parts - you can leave the condensor fitted but not powered up and if you have any problems with the Boyer Brandsen you can simply bypass it with a loop of wire.
Total cost of this set up is around £40. I have a wiring diagram if anyone is interested.
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vitor
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Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition Jack, does this apply to a Visa ignition?
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Justint
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Joined: January 31st, 2010, 10:36 pm
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Re: Ecas yellow coil and 123 ingnition i have fitted the 123 now with the yellow coil, fingers crossed
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