I just recieved my coil pack.
1. how to I clean the contacts, only 1 out of 6 is shiny.
2. how do I test this bad boy.
Thanks.
<img src="http://www.justdrive.ca/gt6/mjlj/122706 ... JPG"></img>
Coil Cleaning
Moderators: JeffC, rdoherty, stieg, brentp
Coil Cleaning
Andre - 1968 Triumph GT6 MK1
http://www.gt6.ca
http://www.gt6.ca
Looks nice!
Looks nice!
They don't have to be really shiny, but a piece of fine emery paper wrapped around a suitably sized stick should clean them up nicely...and remove all the generated dust carefully
Testing - well you have three coils in there, with a common +12v - hence 4 pins.
The wiring diagram 2/3rds of the way down http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/EDIS.htm shows that pin 4 is the common +12v and that's probably marked on the harness connector - or you can decode the wiring diagram to determine which one it is. Note that the diagram is allegedly looking into the harness connector.
All you can do on the bench/desk easily is measure, using a suitable multimeter, the DC resistance of each coil.
Each coil should have a DC resistance of around 0.5 ohms, so you should see this from each coil pin to common ie 1 to 4, 2 to 4 and 3 to 4.
If you measure the resistance from 1 to 2, 2 to 3 or 1 to 3 you should see around 1 ohm, since you are measuring the resistance of two coils in series (draw yourself a circuit diagram of what must be inside the coilpack to see that!).
Coilpacks are highly reliable, so if you got it from a reputable source it should be fine...
They don't have to be really shiny, but a piece of fine emery paper wrapped around a suitably sized stick should clean them up nicely...and remove all the generated dust carefully
Testing - well you have three coils in there, with a common +12v - hence 4 pins.
The wiring diagram 2/3rds of the way down http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/EDIS.htm shows that pin 4 is the common +12v and that's probably marked on the harness connector - or you can decode the wiring diagram to determine which one it is. Note that the diagram is allegedly looking into the harness connector.
All you can do on the bench/desk easily is measure, using a suitable multimeter, the DC resistance of each coil.
Each coil should have a DC resistance of around 0.5 ohms, so you should see this from each coil pin to common ie 1 to 4, 2 to 4 and 3 to 4.
If you measure the resistance from 1 to 2, 2 to 3 or 1 to 3 you should see around 1 ohm, since you are measuring the resistance of two coils in series (draw yourself a circuit diagram of what must be inside the coilpack to see that!).
Coilpacks are highly reliable, so if you got it from a reputable source it should be fine...