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The silver coils seem to fail very quickly, if they don't fail right away they tend to last. I've seen some work fine for years yet other fail within hours of use. Not sure why that is?

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Originally Posted by Pstallo View Post
DO NOT get the silver coil! I replaced my old one with a new silver one because I thought I was replacing potentially worn parts with new. Coming home from a car show, my daughter and I had to be towed home.

So, I found a 30 year-old black one on EBay (like the one I never should have replaced) and haven't had a problem since.
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