What if a coil was hooked up backwards

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Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards [Re: 383man] #1206524 04/01/12 01:34 AM 04/01/12 01:34 AM
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Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Quote: Quote: OK so what's the pencil trick? Well without digging out one of my older motor manuals from the 60's lets see if I can remember. It goes something like this.........They tell you to pull a plug wire off at the plug and then start the car while holding the pencil lead part between the plug wire and the plug itself as they tell you to hold the plug wire end about 3/4 of an inch from the plug end with the pencil in between them. Then you see what side of the pencil you see the spark on. Is it on the plug wire side or the plug side. I actually tried it once and got the chit shocked out of me. So I figured I would just use the scope from now on. I will try to dig out one of my old manuals tomorrow as now I really want to see if I am right. Ron I guess I will just have to show my age. The spark will be on the spark plug side of the pencil when the coil polarity is correct. You don't even want to think about trying this trick with todays ignition systems - unless you have someone that knows how to give CPR standing by BTW, rule of is a loss 15% or more effciency when a coil is hooked up backwards. Fastest 300

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What if a coil was hooked up backwards	B G Racing	03/30/12 07:44 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Cab_Burge	03/30/12 07:48 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Skeptic	03/30/12 07:53 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	DconD100	03/30/12 07:54 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	therocks	03/30/12 08:11 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Guitar Jones	03/30/12 08:23 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	maximum entropy	03/30/12 08:45 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	dcr	03/30/12 09:41 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Crizila	03/31/12 03:55 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	BradH	03/30/12 10:07 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	MR_P_BODY	03/30/12 10:15 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	383man	03/30/12 10:52 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	coronetville	03/30/12 11:01 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Dunnuck Racing	03/31/12 04:05 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Sport440	03/31/12 04:26 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	therocks	03/31/12 12:17 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	radar	03/31/12 11:34 PM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	383man	04/01/12 04:21 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Crizila	04/01/12 05:34 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	383man	04/01/12 04:15 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	gofish	03/31/12 01:16 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	383man	03/31/12 03:48 AM
Re: What if a coil was hooked up backwards	Rumblefish68	04/01/12 02:26 AM

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