Daren wrote about his coil explorations through trial and error. As I was
trying to diagnose my own non-running midget with no spark, I noticed the
coil was quite warm. As in, I think holding for an extended period of time,
like 10 seconds, and I would have gotten a nice burn. My guess is that the
insultaion on the windings went as far south as Daren had. However, when I
put in a replacement coil (new), it still would not fire. The car had been
running fine and quit absolutely. Due to the sudden nature of the stop, even
if it was not as spectacular as another recent net failure, I suspected the
ignition. My question is, what voltage readings should I get from the + and -
terminals on the coil? It was not clear from my manuals what readings I
should get. I know one side goes to the ignition and it should have 12
volts. What should the side going to the distributor read? Since the car
had been running great, I have not checked the points and condensor in depth
yet. I am under the impression that these typically fade as oppose to
catastrophically fail. Other thoughts? I have to get the car going by
saturday for the local British Car day show. I would rather drive it than
push it the three blocks to the show :-(
MAD
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