Re: Neptune 1940 6HP coil

[bob-d]

Thanks everyone.
Mumbles, I saw those on EBay and called the company. If I get desperate enough may spring for them but, they told me that they have never tried them on an outboard, and that they would not guarantee that they work. Could be a $150 mistake, more than the motor! Since my electrical knowledge is lacking,I don’t know if they are right? That’s exactly what mine looks like, 2 separate coils (that look like donuts) that fit on a 5/8" core vs. the smaller Wico type core. The two coils are joined together by a single wire, and have the sparkplug wire tangs on the sides.
The Neptune fires both cylinders together, (opposed twin) don’t know how the Maytags work, but that wouldn’t be a property of the coil, that would be the points right? Maybe someone with electrical knowledge could chime in. The Maytag coils supposinly put out 8K ohms across the spark plug tangs, don’t know what the Neptune needs?
Spoke to Doug Penn and he mentioned that Maytags coils should work? I guess my next step would be to get ahold of Art DeKalb, as he runs a great Neptune website.
So a bit confused.
Bob D