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Re: power to the coil

Date : Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:00:23 -0500
To : virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx
From : Barry Carpenter <bcarpent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject : Re: power to the coil
 I've put the coils off my old engine onto this one. They were working fine
before I did the swap. The old engine never died. It just started making a "I
need an overhaul" noise.
So I'm assuming that all else was okay.
Which wire would be the high side of the coil? Is that the spark plug wire?
Would I test resistance by hooking it up to my meter and cranking the engine?
Is there a way to test this without the motor running?

Barry

> I think the resistance through the primary windings (low voltage side) is
> very low, such that with a 2k meter you would measure essentially zero.
> The high side is around 13K, though; you should be able to measure that.
> Anyway, haven't you tried two sets of coils?
>
> Jeremy
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