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Re: Confused on coil
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Posted by Hey Sparky! on December 07, 1999 at 18:43:58 from (207.183.246.57):
In Reply to: Confused on coil posted by mack on December 06, 1999 at 19:14:56:
Just in case someone understands none of this, would the following test work for checking correct coil polarity?
I've always heard that with a cranking or running engine(sparking), if you hold a spark plug wire away from a spark plug, but close enough to still spark, and insert a sharpened lead pencil between, it should flash toward the spark plug side of pencil on a positive ground system. It would then follow that a neg. ground system would flash toward plug wire, right? Would this be a "fool proof" test, excepting of course the shocking possibilities??
I always heard that a benefit of the neg. ground system is more reliable spark, because of the shape of the spark plug electrodes the spark is happier going the other way. Paul R
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