How many volts should be going to the distributor?
Full Time 12 Volts to Points Distributor.
What should the voltage be on a HEI distributor?
Disconnect the green and white wires from the module and touch the positive meter lead to the green wire and the negative lead to the white wire. The normal reading should be between 800 – 910 ohms. Testing the primary circuit of the coil. The remaining electronic part that would keep the distributor from firing is the module.
How can I check the resistance of my ignition coil?
You’ll need a digital multimeter to check the resistance levels of your coil. The side terminals of the coil are marked positive (+) and negative (–) and these are where you can measure the resistance of the primary windings.
What’s the normal voltage for an ignition coil?
Normal reading on the primary windings is 1.6, but 1.5 is still within the acceptable range, so this by itself doesn’t necessarily indicate a problem.
How do you remove a coil from an ignition coil?
Use a nut driver or a small wrench to loosen the securing nuts on the coil terminals and remove the leads; the positive side of the coil has a condenser lead attached in addition to a positive lead. Then loosen the bottom clamp screw, pull out the center cable that goes to the distributor and remove the coil.
How does a 12 volt ignition coil work?
If your car uses a 12 volt battery, the 12 volts you put into the primary side of the coil will exit the secondary side as 30,000 volts! The high voltage is carried away from the coil by a high-tension cable that looks like a short piece of spark plug cable and runs to the distributor tower.
How to know how many volts go into a coil?
Testing coils you need to use the ohm setting on a voltmeter, and hook one end up to the inside of the coil and the other to ground. Also, you should be able to hook the tester up to the stator side of the coil and see if it lights up on the stator side, and then also hook it up to the cdi side and see if you still get power.
What kind of voltage does a performance distributor need?
If the connections are good, you next need to make sure the unit is getting a strong 12 volts. Many times, a low-voltage issue can cause a myriad of problems. The wire carrying the 12 volts should be a minimum of 12 gauge, and have no resistors in line.
Use a nut driver or a small wrench to loosen the securing nuts on the coil terminals and remove the leads; the positive side of the coil has a condenser lead attached in addition to a positive lead. Then loosen the bottom clamp screw, pull out the center cable that goes to the distributor and remove the coil.