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Tom Wesenberg · 08-04-2021, 08:05 AM

Bill, I see you are from Walworth, N.Y. where I went to grade school. Upstate N.Y. is beautiful, or it was back in the 50's and 60's.
I bought my condenser tester on Ebay about 20 years ago, but it got burned up in the fire, so I'll have to look for another one.
A good simple check for the coil primary is to connect it to a 6 volt battery charger with an ammeter, and when the 2 primary terminals are connected it should draw about 4 amps.

08-04-2021, 08:05 AM	#9
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Ignition coils too far out of range? Bill, I see you are from Walworth, N.Y. where I went to grade school. Upstate N.Y. is beautiful, or it was back in the 50's and 60's. I bought my condenser tester on Ebay about 20 years ago, but it got burned up in the fire, so I'll have to look for another one. A good simple check for the coil primary is to connect it to a 6 volt battery charger with an ammeter, and when the 2 primary terminals are connected it should draw about 4 amps.