Date:         Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:15:59 -0800
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: alternator to ignition coil???
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20021216.180859.952.16.wilden1@juno.com>
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Stan,
     I have never had a coil go bad,   just
misbehaved.
Send the thing off to reform school and but in
another.
             gary
--- Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com> wrote:
> If you have a coil that is failing ............. it
> fails under near max
> load of 3000+ rpms.
> If the coil is hot after a short run at these rpms
> then chances are it is
> bad.
> It is very difficult to make a coil fail for testing
> purposes, it just
> seems it won't cooperate when you want it to fail.
> I'm sure that there is some type of resistance test
> that can be run to
> load the coil but I don't have that equipment.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:52:39 -0800 gary hradek
> <hradek@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> > Jeff,
> >      If you have a spare coil you might want to
> try
> > that before polking around the wiring.   Rising
> and
> > falling voltages can have intersting affects on a
> bad
> > coil.   regards gary
> > Date:    Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:33:21 -0800
> > From:    van man <vannman99@YAHOO.COM>
> > Subject: alternator to ignition coil???
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Ive been having intermittent starting problems on
> my
> > 87 digifant.  today it died again at work and i
> didnt
> > have my voltmeter with me so i decided to bridge a
> > wire from the alternator to the ignition coil.
> the
> > coil suddenly got power...  so at least ive
> narrowed
> > it down to the power supply to the coil.
> >
> > my question:  am i risking any kind of coil or ecu
> > damage by driving home with the wire attached from
> the
> > alt to the coil?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > jeff
> >
> >
> > Date:    Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:55:05 -0800
> > From:    Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: alternator to ignition coil???
> >
> > Jeff Wrote:
> >
> > <<my question:  am i risking any kind of coil or
> ecu
> > damage by driving home with the wire attached from
> the
> > alt to the coil?>>
> >
> > Answer:
> >
> > No, because the current output is regulated, and
> you
> > are switching the
> > ECU
> > relay on just the same, but providing it from a
> > different source. Your
> > ignition switch could be the culprit, but look
> first
> > at the connection
> > to
> > the 86 pin of the ECU relay, coil.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > 1982 Westfalia
> >
> >
> >
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