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The (-) coil terminal is NOT a ground. You secondary lead spark test should have been to the block or head.
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Neil
1977 Catalina 30
San Pedro, California
prior boats 1987 Westsail 32, 1970 Catalina 22
Had my hands in a few others -
Sure, however doing that was impossible as I did this test in the comfort of my shop bench. In my set up, the coil (-) terminates on the Distro via a screw that would have held the condenser in place. A meter check verifies that this point on the distro is GND/(-). Either way, my test proves that the coil is OK.Originally posted by ndutton View Post
I was also able to verify that the EI is good by powering up the IGN power and metering the Vdrop while I truned the motor over.
Really all that there is left to try is; A) jumping new wire from the BATT/IGN switch to coil, (bypass the switch) and B) Changing out the IGN coil wire (Secondary)
I should have this wrapped up by Haulout..Comment
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