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April 21, 2016 at 1:08 am
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quote Chris_P:
I have no idea why anyone would go to the trouble of changing the coils, but are too lazy to take the mag plate off and insert the plug wire properly, twisting it into the coil. And as Al says, change the darn wire. I mean, we are not talking big money here.
Chris,
Some people are cheap! I got a JW from a neighbor of my dad for $10 at his yard sale. Coils were OK, but would only run on one cylinder. I found out when I took it apart that the plug wires were cut too short and one got pulled out of the coil when the throttle was advanced. This guy was a notorious cheapskate and all I could figure was he didn’t want to spend the money on the extra 6 inches of wire. 😎