[AT] Lawn tractor

Steve W. swilliams268 at frontier.com
Thu Apr 21 02:00:44 PDT 2016


Alan Nadeau wrote:
> Again, going from memory, I think Harley-Davidson used a two output coil as 
> well.  Some Kohler twins used that type of coil, some used an odd round one, 
> laying on it's side instead of standing on end(relative to the terminal 
> location).  Kohler is about as proud of their parts as Onan of theirs and I 
> have seen the H-D coil recommended as a replacement for the Kohler.  For 
> some reason I seem to recall an ignition components company, "Standard" or 
> some such name, that had those coils as a generic replacement.  "Lost Spark" 
> or "Wasted Spark" is the term for a system where both plugs fire every time 
> the points break.
> 
> Sorry to be a little rambling and not all that precise, it's a fact of life 
> now.
> 
> Al

Another trick is a GM DIS coil and a ballast resistor. Add a second 
condenser and you get a real hot spark. Plus the coils are real cheap at 
salvage yards (under 5 bucks at the you-pull-em near me).


-- 
Steve W.



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