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Re: 88 Ford F250 with a melted Ignition coil
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 6/7/2002

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Hi Joe,

Three things. Shorted primary windings, which can damage the ICM, ICM keeping primary grounded all the time [faulty ICM], and primary circuit from coil to ICM shorted to ground.

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