stator testing?

[1996dragshee]

anybody tell me how to test the coils on the stator.not my problem but a buddy wants to know.he doesnt have spark and i figured the stator..any other ideas or how to test em? thanks

[1996dragshee]

a little help anyone?

[streetshee]

ok,start at your plugs and work back,1,put new plug in and hold ontop of cyl,kick over and note what colour spark if any.

2.take off plug cap(twist off) and hold bare ht lead 5 mm from engine,kick and check again for spark and colour.

3.cut off the last 10mm of ht lead and repeat step 2. still no spark??? 4,check for a signal with a multimeter comming to the ignition coil possitive wire,somebody here will have to pipe up on this one cos if im right it should read up to and around 8-12 volts? then check the ohms reading of your pickup wire,should be under 2k ohms,if its over then i think your pickups knackered,try that and we can go from there...................

[streetshee]

to test the coils properly u need a non destructive 250v tester to put the coils under load(low amps),with a multimeter it can only tell continuity and ohms,ive tested new and knackered stators together with multimeters and lots of time they check out ok,untill you use the propper test kit(very expensive) to tell u otherwise.(its like when u test a sparkplug out of the cylinder its ok,but put it under load in the cylinder and the spark breaks down..