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Re: spark detector and coil test

To: Op <oliverp@gte.net>
Subject: Re: spark detector and coil test
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:17:19 -0400 (EDT)
Take an old spark plug and cut off the electrode at the bottom. Get a
large aligator clip, the kind used on a battery charger (can be smaller)
and screw it to the heavy part of the sparkplug, the part that the wrench
goes on. Attach the plug wire and clip the plug to the engine block. When
you spin the motor the plug will spark. 
...Art  

On Mon, 17 May 1999, Op wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I was wondering if any of you had some good tips for testing ignition coils
> and also checking for spark.
> 
> currently I test for spark by putting a spark plug in a ignition wire and
> placing on valvecover or other good ground. Has anyone made a spark tester?
> like using a neon or something? I once had a pen sized device you placed on
> wire that lit when wire sparked.
> 
> Op
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