Yes the bs goes on.
I have an accel coil on my Durango 5.9. I removed it for testing with an Ohm meter for primary and secondary resistance and need to know what the values should be on a properly operating accel coil of this type. I have the haynes manual and the values listed are for the oem coil. Would they be expected to be the same as the accel?
Also the reason why I removed it was because when a calibrated ignition tester was attatched to the coil lead while in the vehicle the coil produced no spark while turning over. I then tested the coil wiring pigtail for voltage while the ignition was on and got only @9volts. This was enough to flash a test probe but is it enough to fire up the coil?

So questions are:

What should the ignition pigtail(or supply) voltage be while cranking?

Does a 9v reading at the pigtail (fully charged battery @13.2V) mean somethings wrong with the voltage supply?

What might cause such a low voltage supply if that is indeed a problem? Relays, stupid computers etc?

What are the primary and secondary resistance ideals for the accel coil? (this is the small yellow coil that directly replaces the oem coil way up front on the 5.9l Magnum)

And finally, does anyone know the web address of accel (or phone number) so I can bug their asses just in case?

Thanks,

I'm screwed big time untill I can get this rig started.


Lee

 

Test the voltage at the coil in the "start" mode. I would expect to see it jump up to 11-12 volts. In the "on" position it is probably getting knocked down to 9 volts because the original coil requires this to keep from frying.


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