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Testing a stock distributor. #2052588 04/12/16 07:11 AM 04/12/16 07:11 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,648 aotearoa rebel OP master
rebel OP master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,648 aotearoa	My Crane HI6 is telling me it's not running because it's lost its trigger signal. How do you test a stock style (read Summit special) distributor trigger signal?.

Re: Testing a stock distributor. [Re: rebel] #2052590 04/12/16 07:30 AM 04/12/16 07:30 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 master
astjp2 master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	ossilliscope 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Testing a stock distributor. [Re: rebel] #2052610 04/12/16 09:33 AM 04/12/16 09:33 AM
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TRENDZ master T Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,540 Milwaukee WI	Use an ohm meter to check the pick up. I just checked a known working one. It reads .320 ohms on the 20K scale. This reading is with the dist un plugged, engine at a stand still. If you get infinite resistance(no reading) or no resistance (shorted) it's bad. "use it 'till it breaks, replace as needed"

Re: Testing a stock distributor. [Re: rebel] #2052657 04/12/16 11:36 AM 04/12/16 11:36 AM
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krautrock top fuel K Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,094 central texas	yeah, just check resistance across the plug for the pickup coil. something like 300-600 ohms is the spec. if the airgap is too large it won't signal either. that spec is around .008-.015

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