Can I simply test for spark by taking a plug wire and putting it near ground and seeing if it arcs? Same with the wire from the coil to ground? Also, I'm familiar with testing old style canister coils, are these the same? I haven't had much luck. There are two screws at the front of the coil and I get 0 ohm between them.
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Little to no spark.
- Thread starter winmutt
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Yup!
The coils are similar, but receive high voltage from the EZL, so don't do any "live" testing.
Normal resistance is around 0.4 ohms, give or take a couple of tenths. You need a quality ohm meter that reads accurately below 1 ohm to get a good reading. But they should not be zero ohms, this would indicate a failed coil... never seen this though. Resistance from either terminal to the high voltage output should be around 10k ohms.
