1989 Onan Generator ingnition coil question
Hi I have a 4000 watt onan emarald series generator, gas. I am having ignition coil problems and want to be sure someone did not change wires on the coil. Right now i have one wire going to the + an...
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not sure what I am looking at below but how does it look to you?
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Okay, I agree, probably not the coil. Double checked it and I was reading my meter, wrong setting. Its about 4ohms and 15,000.
long plug wire was bad so I replaced both. still no spark. I am getting voltage on the coil pos terminal from the control board. So am i down to condenser or points? So now that I know my model, I down loaded the service manual, it has a correction stating:
On Page 6-14 under Direct Testing Coil With
Ohmmeter: step 6, change "12.6 and 15.4 k
ohms" to:
34.0 to 41.6 k ohms at 68°F (20°C)
SO, if I ma at 15,000 ohms is my coil bad...geesh I am getting nowhere fast!
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[/img]Okay, I agree, probably not the coil. Double checked it and I was reading my meter, wrong setting. Its about 4ohms and 15,000.
long plug wire was bad so I replaced both. still no spark. I am getting voltage on the coil pos terminal from the control board. So am i down to condenser or points? So now that I know my model, I down loaded the service manual, it has a correction stating:
On Page 6-14 under Direct Testing Coil With
Ohmmeter: step 6, change "12.6 and 15.4 k
ohms" to:
34.0 to 41.6 k ohms at 68°F (20°C)
SO, if I ma at 15,000 ohms is my coil bad...geesh I am getting nowhere fast!
