Posted by Gerald J. on March 28, 2009 at 14:43:33 from (4.254.67.46):
In Reply to: Is my coil fried ?? posted by Kestrel in CT on March 28, 2009 at 13:59:24:
Are the points opening and closing? Check for that with a light across them.
Then pull the coil wire from the center tower of the distributor. Hold it 1/4 to 1/3 inch from the engine block. Cause the points to close and open. Each time the points open there has to be a blue spark. If there isn't, the points may not be making contact, the wiring from coil to points my be bad or the condenser may be bad. If all those are good, the coil is bad and you can't check it with a normal meter. This spark test is what works. You don't make this test with the light across the points. That will kill spark on a good coil.
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