<VV> wiring harness getting hot

[Frank DuVal]

I agree, it is the resistance wire doing its job. To confirm, take off 
distributor cap and turn engine (ignition OFF) until points are open. 
Now turn on ignition and wait to see if the heating does not reocur.

Frank DuVal

PS, this is why we were told never to leave a car in the ON position 
without the engine running. The points will turn blue from the current 
flowing through them. You youngins that grew up with electronic 
ignitions never heard these tales!

John McMahon wrote:

>I am getting ready to install an Ignitor I in my 1965 Monza, so I traced the 
>resistor wire up to the connector in the engine compartment.  I turned on 
>the ignition to check with a voltmeter so make sure the corresponding wire 
>was getting 12 volts, and then noticed that the harness was getting very 
>hot.  Not *quite* too hot to touch, but darn close.  The engine harness is 
>new, but the main harness is not, and it seemed to be only the new harness 
>that was getting hot. What could be causing this?
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