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Post by refresh on Apr 16, 2016 23:58:28 GMT -5
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Post by undee70ss on Apr 27, 2016 10:37:19 GMT -5
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Post by sweepleader on Apr 27, 2016 13:46:31 GMT -5
The plug wire on most of these is replaceable. It unscrews from the coil and a new one can be screwed back in. Use solid core plug wire, not carbon radio suppression wire like on cars. The wire can be had at NAPA and lots of other outlets that service old cars and tractors. They may have the boot and connector you need too, or you can salvage the old parts if they are serviceable. Pretty much anything you might need can be found on the internet.
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Post by Supercharged86 on Apr 28, 2016 5:18:49 GMT -5
The '82 Super EZ is solid state ignition, also known as "The Blue Coil". This has likely crapped out, they are notorious for this and expensive to replace with new. Steve
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Post by sweepleader on Apr 28, 2016 7:06:04 GMT -5
This is from the Blog page on Leon's site ( http://www.leonschainsawpartsandrepair.com) :
Who knows how many of these infamous "blue" coils have been thrown away over the years. The Wico/Prestolite electronic ignition coil was famous for having spark one day and none the next. In many cases, these coils can be returned to operating condition by baking at a moderate temperature. I know it sounds weird, but 12-16 hours in a toaster oven at 200' can bring these coils back to life. My personal theory is that moisture can work it's way into the coil around the lamination legs and eventually condensate and short out the coil. Baking the coil will remove this moisture and usually return it to operational condition. The few sellers on Ebay that have a Super EZ/XL-1 coil for sale are asking in excess of $200, so it's worth trying to fix your old one! The same is true of the Super XL & XL-12; while those coils aren't priced quite as high, the aftermarket coil from Stens has been discontinued, so what's out there is what we all have to work with.
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Post by sawnami on Apr 28, 2016 13:51:15 GMT -5
Has worked a couple of times for me.
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Post by Supercharged86 on Apr 29, 2016 6:26:31 GMT -5
Has worked a couple of times for me. You don't say Steve? It really did work? I've got a dead one on the shelf I guess I'll have to try. That's a lot of toasting time. |
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Post by Supercharged86 on Apr 29, 2016 6:31:36 GMT -5
The alternative is to switch it to a points and condenser coil, The Black one, cheaper and more readily available along with a Nova II or equivalent electronic module. This works well, have done it a few times.
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Post by sawnami on Apr 29, 2016 7:24:33 GMT -5
Has worked a couple of times for me. You don't say Steve? It really did work? I've got a dead one on the shelf I guess I'll have to try. That's a lot of toasting time. The last one that I did was a Shindaiwa 695. I baked the exciter coil and ignition coil for it since I didn't know which was the culprit and brought it back to life. Got a John Deere twin that I'm going to try next when I get time. |
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Post by onlyhomelites on Apr 30, 2016 7:35:04 GMT -5
I've only had (1) out of about (10) fail to come back to life so far and I haven't given up on it yet!
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