Reply To: New coils no spark 1956 15 hp evinrude

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What do you think would cause the high resistance on the one plug wire? I watched a video from the after works garage. It showed how to set the timing from the marks on the flywheel and the mag plate using a wire under the flywheel. You take the condensers off and the other wires off the Points. Then you run a wire thru the condenser screw hole up and to bottom cylinder point making sure that it will not interfere with the spinning of the flywheel when you put it on. You then set the Mark on the flywheel between the two marks on the coil plate using the meter. You then repeat for the top cylinder. I did this but when I checked with a feeler gage thru the opening on the flywheel I could easily slide .022 between the points. The points were not new but in very good condition and clean. There was no timing fixture mention in setting timing this way. Have you ever heard of this?