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Originally Posted by Big D
Gidday,
Voltage at the coil was 2.65volts on start up and then lowered to about 1.5 volts as the engine warmed up.
Darryl
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Hi Darryl,
The volts at the resistor (and everywhere else!) should go up after the engine starts , not go down .. the gene should kick in and charge the battery at a nominal 7.4 volts or similar, depending on the regulator setting. Your volt readings make no sense ! Does the ammeter on the panel show a charge ?
Yes, a good idea to get another voltmeter and check it.
I know those 4.5 volt coils do behave strange.. I often had a almost dead flat battery and the motor would barely turn over... it would growl and just manage to get over a compression point... despite all of that, the motor would fire and start
Mike