on a 72 corvette, i went to start it barely turned over. so i charged battery. 3 hours later the coil was very hot, smoking & boiling over. had to disconnect battery. after cooling i tested voltage to coil 8-10v when swtch was in any position.

Hot ignition coil

Bill_Russell February 28, 2008, 9:17pm 7

I was wondering about that. So there is no protection. Stop at the wrong point and turn the key, and in a few minutes, toasted coil.