[AT] Coil test?

[Mike Sloane]

There are several ways to test a condenser. One is to simply replace it 
with a known good one. Another is to take the condenser out of the 
distributor, connect the shell to the ground and the lead to the "hot" 
side of the battery for a few seconds. Then, very carefully, bend the 
wire around to that it touches the shell. You should get a very nice 
"snap" and a healthy blue spark as the stored charge releases. (That is 
the "old timer's" test.) There are also condenser test settings on high 
end digital meters, but you have already written that you don't have one 
of those.

I have a Tecumseh engine on an old Troy Built tiller that had a bad 
condenser, and I went nuts trying to figure out what was wrong with the 
engine - the same problem that you are experiencing with your tractor. 
Once I replaced the condenser, the engine ran fine.

Mike

Ralph Goff wrote:

> Now the condensor is something I have not tested although I did replace the
> points. In my experience the condensors seem to last a lot longer than the
> points on these tractors. How would a person test a condensor?
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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