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Old 11-01-25, 03:13
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Originally Posted by Bob Carriere View Post

Question for Mike..... where is the "resistance" located in the screened ignition lead????





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The resistor is located where the clamp is , the clamp that holds the choke cable onto the shroud. The resistor is inside the screened spark plug lead . It's rare to find a chorehorse with the original screened ignition lead.

These sets go for around $100 to 200 here. Depending on condition, they are often incomplete and in rough shape.

I've noticed: even when they don't have much compression they will still run ok.

Electronics 101. The ammeter is a moving coil meter, able to be utilised as either a voltmeter or a ammeter. Often the ohms per volt or FSD ( Full Scale Deflection ) of the meter is written or printed on the face of the meter. You use a formula to work out the value of the external resistor , in parallel for measuring current and in series for measuring voltage. Using the formula you can fit a meter that has been calibrated to measure a certain parameter of either current or voltage.

This is a good read https://www.explainthatstuff.com/movingcoilmeters.html

Have you seen this ? https://www.vintageplanet.ca/Model-T...DqVGdTkhMYScYp
https://www.modeltford.com/item/5016...ShCRF9QlxU9bc9
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