Hi, I'm a new member tonight!
I'm working on a 2001 Yamaha G16 gas golf cart and need help testing the coil. I just rebuilt the engine, the guy who owned it before me put the rear in the air and floored it until the rod gave out. So I got it as a basket case. I was checking the coil (which he used to try to pry the flywheel off) and once I straightened the plates on the coil, I set the gap to .018 and had no wire on the 1/4 spade and turn the flywheel to check spark and nothing happened after many tries. I reluctantly ordered a new one thinking this one is shot, installed the new and the same thing happens, no spark. Are these coils fed a 12 volt charge to work? I was checking the resistance on the coil and they are both even (new and old) I had the understanding that these coils needed to be open to ignite but It looks like this idea is wrong. Do they need 12 volts?
I'm working on a 2001 Yamaha G16 gas golf cart and need help testing the coil. I just rebuilt the engine, the guy who owned it before me put the rear in the air and floored it until the rod gave out. So I got it as a basket case. I was checking the coil (which he used to try to pry the flywheel off) and once I straightened the plates on the coil, I set the gap to .018 and had no wire on the 1/4 spade and turn the flywheel to check spark and nothing happened after many tries. I reluctantly ordered a new one thinking this one is shot, installed the new and the same thing happens, no spark. Are these coils fed a 12 volt charge to work? I was checking the resistance on the coil and they are both even (new and old) I had the understanding that these coils needed to be open to ignite but It looks like this idea is wrong. Do they need 12 volts?
