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Topic: How to check a Duraspark distributor?
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rockafellz
Gearhead Posts: 1446
From: San Lorenzo, CA, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 10-18-2002 12:55 PM
   
Hey Fellas,I'm not sure if I may have damaged my Duraspark distributor when I accidentally connected the 12V wire to the + side of the coil. I know definitely that I damaged the 6AL in doing so. Is there a way to check if the distributor got damaged from that accidental connection. This distributor has a magnetic pickup. Thanks in advance. Erik ------------------
1966 Ford Mustang 2+2
Mine - Restomod in Progress 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe
Dad's - Original Unrestored
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Just Strokin
Gearhead Posts: 754
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 10-18-2002 02:13 PM
I would think that Chilton or Hayes manuals that covers the years that the Duraspark was available would have the specs to ohm out the distributor.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 9533
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 10-18-2002 07:51 PM
Erik,I don't think you damaged the pickup coil in the duraspark. Hook an ohm meter to the two wires and look for some resistance maybe 100-500 ohms or so. If it is 0 ohms it's shorted, if it is 1000meg ohms it's open. Should be somewhere in between.  SteveW
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