[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]

Re: [T3] Testing out a coil, car not starting


<x-flowed>On 9/3/06, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:

Just saw your second post. It's quite possible to have just a few
turns of one of the windings short out to one another. This will
still ruin the coil even though the change in measured resistance is
insignificant.

I'm going to give Dave's tests a chance, but I'm pretty sure the grounding is all fine, and that the points aren't shorted out. As for my multimeter, it does have a pretty small resolution, and indeed I measured 3.5 ohm- i just wasn't looking at the right range in my tests.

Jim, I'll get back to you tomorrow on my findings, and if I'm gonna
need one of your coils.

BTW, my first Fasty also had an OE coil fail too- that was 13 years
ago. What are the odds?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

</x-flowed>
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]