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billysugga



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:37 pm    Post subject: New coil Reply with quote
Just fitted a new coil and now I'm getting intermittent arcing from the ht lead to either positive or negative terminals whichever it fancies. It's impressive jumping about 20mm 3/4"

I am going to swap out the ht leads one at a time and hope it cures it.
Anyone had this before?
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Rick
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
An old coil I once had did it due to a fine crack in the nose of the coil, although that shouldn't be a problem with a new one.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Think I might know what the problem is I asked for a standard 12v coil but they have given me a ballast coil so it's running about double the voltage.
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