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Re: bad distributor pickup?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 7/17/2012 11 Replies

Rick, the pick up coil resistance is in the neighborhood of 800 ohms. When you measure it gently twist the wires, to see if it varies? This test is very ACCURATE.

Coil testing with an ohm meter is not always accurate as to determining if the coil is bad. Che... Login to read more.

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