Date:         Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:04:40 -0500
Reply-To:     mike boland <westy@MVBOLAND.COM>
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From:         mike boland <westy@MVBOLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: cutting out and sparking coil
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while getting new plug wires why not add new cap & rotor and new plugs?

At 08:17 PM 4/23/2003 -0700, Steve Delanty wrote:
><snip>
>>  Looked over at the coil and saw ignition
>>sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This
>>morning on start up just before it got light I looked back there and it was
>>really sparking pretty bright and I could see it sparking in the wire in
>>places near the distributor.
>
>I'd start with a new set of plug wires. I'd guess you've got one or more
>open ones and the spark is looking for another way to ground.
>If you have an ohmmeter, check the resistance of each plug wire (including
>the coil wire) Anything more than 15K ohms is probably too much.
>
>Steve