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Color? Who uses color?! Grab the coil lead in your left hand and stick
your
right index finger in the distributor hole where it would normally plug in.
Have a friend start the car. Use the below table to determine coil
strength.
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1) Engine continues to run and you are frozen in place -
After-market coil: Excellent condition, not defective.
Stock coil: Defective resistor, replace coil. Coil and you will
burn out soon.
2) Engine continues to run and you can dance and scream -
After-market coil: Excellent condition, you are defective.
Stock coil: As #1 above.
3) Engine dies -
You are throw X number of feet from rear of vehicle:
X Coil condition
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>6 Good
4-5 Good, but may be getting old (or you need to go on a diet)
2-3 Weak, needs to be replaced soon
<1 Bad, replace immediately, will not keep car running
0 Dead, replace immediately (or you're just sadistic)
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This method does take some getting used to but is very accurate and great
for
those who may be color blind. I first used this test when I sat on a
Briggs-Stratton lawn mower engine when a friend started it up. The ignition
system was "Good".
Toby "a.k.a. 'The Idiot Bentley' " Erkson
air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email
'72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
'75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/
>-----Original Message-----
>What should be the color of the spark from the coil to the
>distributor be
>if the coil is good? And what will the color be if the coil is
>faulty?