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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 07:34 PM
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What is this?
There is a white hard plastic (? maybe ceramic ?) piece bolted to the drivers side of the firewall. There's 2 wires connected to it.

What is it? Mine broke into 2 pieces and it has some sort of coiled wire in it. I am assuming its a resistor of some sort.


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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 07:43 PM
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Without a picture it's hard to say for sure. However, there is a ceramic resister that looks as you describe, but is usually attached to the coil not the firewall.
 
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Here's a pic.
 
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Gotta be for the coil? Or heater blower.. Or, was the truck modded from 6 to 12 volts? Can't be if truck is after 53, hm.

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The truck is a '58 and is 12 Volt. I don't know if it was 12V stock or not.
 
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Ignition resistor to the coil, helps the points last longer in the distributor by reducing the voltage to them.
 
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Originally Posted by Danleig
Ignition resistor to the coil, helps the points last longer in the distributor by reducing the voltage to them.

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