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I am assuming that the Fried coil was a replacement for a Phelon mag. If so, I would be suspicious of the crimped on eylet at the end of the ground leads. I have repaired several that exhibited the same failed condition. Simply stated, the solid copper lead was not cleaned enough to expose the conductive surface to the crimp. Cut the solid copper lead off where it enters the eylet. Scrape off the insulating varnish to expose a clean copper surface, and solder it along the side of the crimp area. A note of caution here: Do not bend the ground leads repeatedly. The solid copper portion is subject to work hardening and breaks easily. R.T.