I have a 195 that's practically new in the box, but my mechanic friend insisted on putting in a 160 because of the Florida heat. I'll get him to swap it back.
I did take off the old ignition coil and it was pretty dirty, but the prongs looked okay.
I tested ohm resistance on it versus a new one and they both came up 0.2 between neg and pos, and 8000 between terminals and spark plug post, so I'm leaning toward the short coming from elsewhere; maybe the TFI as you guys mentioned. I bought a Duralast Gold distributor with a lifetime warranty; would that be okay? I've been reading online that motor craft ones can cost $600 and I can't spend that much on one.
I also ordered a replacement TFI harness to fix the one that partially melted
Here's inside the harness, hard to tell if it's corrosion or lithium grease:
I did take off the old ignition coil and it was pretty dirty, but the prongs looked okay.
I tested ohm resistance on it versus a new one and they both came up 0.2 between neg and pos, and 8000 between terminals and spark plug post, so I'm leaning toward the short coming from elsewhere; maybe the TFI as you guys mentioned. I bought a Duralast Gold distributor with a lifetime warranty; would that be okay? I've been reading online that motor craft ones can cost $600 and I can't spend that much on one.
I also ordered a replacement TFI harness to fix the one that partially melted
Here's inside the harness, hard to tell if it's corrosion or lithium grease: