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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER
Come on spark the coil up and get it going  |
Done....
Engine started with no problem.
Made up a temporary cable and connected solenoid to coil having removed the original cable and disconnected the Tach feed.
With the temporary lead in place I have 12volts at the coil +ve terminal and as I said the engine starts fine. I ran the engine like this for five or ten minutes and the coil didn't seem to get warm but I don't suppose that proves much.
(had a minor panic, until the penny dropped, when I turned off the ignition and the engine kept running
)
I guess the (simplest) next steps are:
Check whether the coil is ballast/non ballast
If non ballast run a new lead to the coil and abandon the original.
If the coil is a ballast resistor type, swap it for a non ballast type and run a new lead as above.
or is there a better way?
Thanks again Gordon, at last I feel as though I'm getting somewhere.