Jeff,
     If you have a spare coil you might want to try
that before polking around the wiring.   Rising and
falling voltages can have intersting affects on a bad
coil.   regards gary
Date:    Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:33:21 -0800
From:    van man <vannman99@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: alternator to ignition coil???

Hi,

Ive been having intermittent starting problems on my
87 digifant.  today it died again at work and i didnt
have my voltmeter with me so i decided to bridge a
wire from the alternator to the ignition coil.  the
coil suddenly got power...  so at least ive narrowed
it down to the power supply to the coil.

my question:  am i risking any kind of coil or ecu
damage by driving home with the wire attached from the
alt to the coil?

thanks,

jeff

Date:    Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:55:05 -0800
From:    Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: alternator to ignition coil???

Jeff Wrote:

<<my question:  am i risking any kind of coil or ecu
damage by driving home with the wire attached from the
alt to the coil?>>

Answer:

No, because the current output is regulated, and you
are switching the
ECU
relay on just the same, but providing it from a
different source. Your
ignition switch could be the culprit, but look first
at the connection
to
the 86 pin of the ECU relay, coil.

Robert

1982 Westfalia

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