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How do i check my coil? 1800

posted by  garyetie on  Sun Mar 28 19:20 CST 2004
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You didn't change your condensor, right?
According to your post, it's the one thing in the circuit that you didn't replace.

Last night, my '72 ES died immediately after starting, when I inadvertantly switch on the headlights just as the engine caught.

This morning I had no spark, and a short in the circuit on the distributor side of the coil, if everything was connected.

So with the key on and using a test light, I disconnected and tested, in turn, each section, from the coil, to the tach, thru the revolution counter, then back to the distributor, and found a short at that point in the condensor connection.

Switched with a backup condensor and it fired right up.
Worth checking. Maybe it's the time of the season.

gary - '72 ES, '67 122S






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