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Distributor: Testing and Inspection
Units With Integral Coil

Fig. 15 Testing integral ignition coil

Ignition Coil Testing

1. Connect a suitable ohmmeter as shown in Fig. 1, step 1. Using the low scale, read ohmmeter. Should be near zero or zero. If not, replace coil.
2. Connect ohmmeter both ways as shown in Fig. 1, step 2. Using the high scale, read ohmmeter. If both readings are infinite, replace coil.

Fig. 16 Testing integral coil distributor pickup coil

Pickup Coil Testing

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