[Mike K]

Hi Darryl

That looks like one of my wiring jobs .

As Pedr said .. you do need a resistor with those 4 volt coils .. the system was prone to faults as Ford thermselves woke up changed it to a seperate coil setup.

The divers bell coil will gain some radiant heat from the motor block and radiator , stuck down there .. not a good idea.

The value of that resistor is critical ... the wire in the resistor has to be special wire .. like the wire used in electric heating elements, its made with tungsten or something. You can make up your own resistor by unwinding the element from an old electric heater, but you cannot solder it.

I agree with David, that resistor looks like a 12V off the shelf one .. its value will be too high. A good idea is: you can buy another resisitor of the same type and solder it across that one( parallel), that will half the total ohms and double your voltage at the coil, and double the wattage rating too. . You want the resistor to be stable..not change its ohms value with heat , which is what ordinary wire does.

Mike