Gm Hei Pickup Coil. The only down side to this is the cost and you have to pull the dist. I think the price is right at about $35.
48 ford pickup street rod, 355, 700r4, a/c etc. The most common sign of a bad coil is the car just shutting off when driving. Replacing the pickup coil on a v6 fiero 1of2 buddycraigg 41k views 14 years ago.
Load Testing The Coil Off The Distributor, On A Machine.
#2 · sep 24, 2011 (edited) to test the pickup coil, unhook the two terminals carefully, test each one to see that they're not grounded by hooking one tester lead to the wire, the other. I have used replacement coils from advance auto of the bwd brand along with there control modules and have never had any. The gm pickup coils are set up with one large blade and one small blade to assure proper connections.
“First, Hei Coils Only Draw Two To Three Amps.
The problem i'm having is that i was sure the external coil hei's were used only in 75&76. (one second is enough!) look for sparks at the spark tester. But even these fail from time to time.
With Less Resistance, The Coils Can Accept A Higher Feed Voltage And Generate More Secondary Spark Energy And Higher Spark Plug.
How to test the high energy ignition distributor pickup coil.ooops.please note.that, at about 10:20, that i said the decimal places in the wron. Pull the trigger on the gun. Dave ray showed me a tool he made to align the outer armature when taking the pickup apart to replace just the coil, it's plastic, fits into the top bushing and aligns the armature.
