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Ok thanks Fleetwin, I tried that and did get a reading out of one around 14-15 on the 1,000 scale. And on the other coil something I’ve never seen when testing coils…the needle was actually fluctuating back and forth. I had the red lead poked right into the plug wire making direct contact, and the black lead steady on the ground terminal, and it fluctuated randomly between 15 and 50.
Could a bad driver coil damage the coils?
On a side note, I am leaving for a couple days on a fishing trip and wanted to use this motor but it didn’t run quite right. I replaced the points, condensers, rebuilt the carb but the coils were the only thing I didn’t have but suspected they might be bad. I had the universal coils on hand and so I converted this over.
I’ll have to pick up the conversation when I get back in a few days. Thanks for the help guys.