No doubt everything Jim said is true, but my experience is usually the opposite. Coils hardly ever go bad for me, almost always wiring or hall problem.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:20 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!! The coil being a coil, you have a great length of wire that, if it breaks, makes a gap that will fluctuate a lot--or not--with temperature. It's not like you have six inches of wire in there. When it cools, it tends to close. When it's hot, it tends to open, but not entirely predictably in either case. Plus, it can start when cold, bridge its own gap with spark going down the road, but not fire when you restart. |
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