No Spark From One Side of a Waste Spark Ignition Coil

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5 ай бұрын

Incandescent Test Light connected to ground for this test, as we are looking for two things:
1. RPM drops as we short out spark from each cylinder (tells us cylinder contribution and which cylinder is misfiring)
2. The distance the spark jumps from each coil tower. (spark test or coil test)
Because we have spark on one half of this coil (2 towers per coil, 3 coils total on this V-6), the primary circuit is not a concern (ignition inputs, computer driver and control circuits for the coil itself are all good)

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@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

This was filmed like 10 years ago and i have no idea why i chose the word "electrocuted" 😅 , but im most definitely regretting it now! Look through the comments here and look how many times I've been reminded about this word. Thanks everyone! 😂

@nealp.2841 4 ай бұрын

Haha, sorry... I had to say something.. I didn't look in the comments. And I should have... 🤷‍♂️

@Embermist69 4 ай бұрын

Paul: Hold the test light so I don’t get electrocuted (shocked). Narrator: He did get electrocuted a bit. And to this day he still gets using the proper word shock. How often would one ask? At least twice a month maybe more or less. Only Caleb knows for sure, oh and Paul as well since he is our subject today. 🤣

@ferenctulics9688 3 ай бұрын

I don't care about some minute mistakes. All I care about are the great lessons I learn from you! Never stop! Thank you!

@isaiahlangfords5574 3 ай бұрын

That is fucking 2000s dodge caravan those coils suck iver replaced 3 on mine easy to replace but dont last long

@TakeAGuessWhatsNext 6 күн бұрын

So if both sides don't spark what's the cause

@TheCanadianBubba 5 ай бұрын

That ending is the most relatable thing I seen all week 👍

@volkswagenation 4 ай бұрын

That really stings. For me it was a lot worse on an old Tecumseh rototiller engine. ⚡💀 My pecs hurt for a week!

@TheCanadianBubba 4 ай бұрын

@@volkswagenation- A family "friend" had me hold the lead of a Briggs and Stratton while he pulled on it. I was like maybe five or so. Asshole thing to do, when a kid had no idea.

@iamunknowable 4 ай бұрын

@@TheCanadianBubba lol my Dad had me pull the spark plug on the three wheeler at around the same age. 😅

@calholli 5 ай бұрын

It always has to get you at least once.. :)

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

Indeed 😆

@juanmanuelgil3436 4 ай бұрын

💯😂

@damian9157 5 ай бұрын

Every time scanner Danner pops up on my feed I learn something new. Badass videos sir

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@davidelliott5843 4 ай бұрын

Wet the exhaust manifold and start engine. Any stubs that dry slowly have suspect sparks. If it’s already hot - use an IR thermometer to look for cold outlets

@leethomas9198 5 ай бұрын

Gave me a flashback and immediate jerk of my right hand. Back in 1985 i was 18 and had a new job w/ smart folks who explained i could troubleshoot my skip in my truck by pulling plugwires 1 at a time while idling. Yep i learned😂 that #5 on my 351c w/ dual point distributor was skipping due to a split boot. Damn that still hurts.🥴

@careyautorepairs 5 ай бұрын

Q: What do you call an old female sparkplug? MissFire.

@phillipthethird42 17 күн бұрын

I never thought to use a test light as a ground for the spark. Thanks for the tip.

@coolasice2187 8 күн бұрын

😢 it's a good way to burn out your test light if it has spark.

@phillipthethird42 8 күн бұрын

@@coolasice2187 So, buy a multitude of cheap test lights ? I used to get cheap one for a dollar.

@JPizzle4Shizzle85 5 ай бұрын

The differences between shocked and electrocuted is the later kills you.

@raggy-raggy 4 ай бұрын

Yep, short for "Electrically Executed"

@davidelliott5843 4 ай бұрын

As in chair.

@travisjernigan8529 4 ай бұрын

Latter

@chunkyburp 4 ай бұрын

OMFG that drive me nuts if you are talking about being electrocuted you were not in fact electrocuted. Shocking news I know.

@calvins1837 4 ай бұрын

@@raggy-raggyhe said short😅

@JD-526 4 ай бұрын

Nice example of quick diagnostics.

@jamesgeorge4874 4 ай бұрын

_electrocute_ literally means "execute with electricity", I've gotten a nasty shock a few times, in 33 years, but always survived.

@dans_Learning_Curve 4 ай бұрын

*That got me a little bit!* LoL 😂😆 even the experience guys!!

@robertthomas5906 4 ай бұрын

Won't kill you. You'll run through your list of curse words though.

@bradleyallen7254 4 ай бұрын

Harbor freight has a tool to stick in the plug and the coil pack that lights up like a test light if it has spark lol it 100% reduces getting shocked

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Those tools are garbage. You cannot tell the strength of the spark (a weak spark will still flash this light) and you're not going to be able to do a cylinder drop test (the other test I'm doing here that the short doesn't show)

@jorgeantonini201 4 ай бұрын

@ ScannerDanner They sell adjustable gap spark testers, also allow you to avoid zaps 100% of the time Looks like a glass cylindrical housing and 2 metal tips inside. One is solid mounted, the other is adjustable so you can make the gap larger or smaller. I’ve seen ones where you can set a gap to 2+ inches

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

@@jorgeantonini201I have two of them! But you can't do an rpm drop test with that tool!

@StationRussification 4 ай бұрын

Very nice demonstration & tool usage, some vehicles be careful because if U go full open air gap [like if U drop a tool] it can blow an ASD circuit, or a driver in an Engine Controller.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

A momentary full open won't hurt anything, but you're not wrong about what damage can happen from open plug wires

@StationRussification 4 ай бұрын

No Dan U R teaching people something & not saying that if they drop the tool ect. ect. That is my point. I appreciate that U know some Tune Up Stuff but U R not the tell all know all great guru in fact U could use a little humility & regard because U seem to get butt hurt @ most of my remarks on your videos & or assume things. So notice I said 'seem' & I will leave it @ that.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

@@StationRussification You may want to reread what I wrote! ..."but you're NOT wrong about what damage can happen from open plug wires" Maybe you thought I said "you're wrong"? My name is Paul Danner btw 😉

@lukedvisscher4676 5 ай бұрын

And just for fun info. It's super high voltage to jump the gaps, but is super low amperage so you don't die when getting electrocuted by it😊

@x-man5056 4 ай бұрын

Unless you are 13YO, driving your Mini-Bike along a major blvd, see a cop, and try a no look, kill switch slap between your legs (lever that grounds out spark plug on old 3.5 Briggs), get bit hard and almost crash into him. Guess it made his dreary day because he let walk it home with a warning.

@MWilk098 4 ай бұрын

"electrocuted" means "shocked to death".

@x-man5056 4 ай бұрын

@@MWilk098Actually it is a contraction of 2 words; electro (electric) and cution/cuted (execution). It technically means to be executed by electricity. Modern usage yada, yada, now it means shocked to death.

@MWilk098 4 ай бұрын

@@x-man5056 'ackshually....yes" what was the point of this comment?

@x-man5056 4 ай бұрын

@@MWilk098If you die from accidental electric shock, you are technically not electrocuted. If you are put down in the electric chair, then you are electrocuted. The definition I read didn't say anything about accidental, it means when you are executed by electricity. But there's no word for accidental electric shock death. (electro-blammo?) So the point would be trivia... I guess. Never mind. Unless you were asking about the Mini Bike thing.

@user-io3hw7hx7q 5 ай бұрын

Outstanding job thanks

@NSA-admin 3 ай бұрын

The cherry on top was the shock at the end. XD

@boboften9952 5 ай бұрын

" we call those the former girl friend " " ...... No Spark "

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

😂

@-Primer- 4 ай бұрын

Every man with a son, should shock his son with the push lawnmower spark plug wire, at least once. It's a great lesson on being self reliant.

@ronniecox109 4 ай бұрын

OR charging up a condensor, and tossing it to a friend.

@zm6301 3 ай бұрын

Learned that one on my own, age 12 or so, trying to put the wire back on before the engine stopped turning, got a few jolts, lol!

@isaiahlangfords5574 3 ай бұрын

My boss told me to lick it to see if its warmi couldnt feel my tongue for 10 minutes

@herbertojeda7461 4 ай бұрын

Thnku good mech tech. Greatly appreciated!

@royfrye2871 4 ай бұрын

My son asked me how do you know if your plug wires are bad, I told him to go out and start his car and grab hold of each one. You will know😂😂

@arthurr8670 4 ай бұрын

On one car I found out because I opened the hood one night with the engine running. Yep I saw all the sparks along every wire. I just did what I came to do and closed it up as it was running just fine.

@zackbechtol2010 4 ай бұрын

Man I’ll never forget that feeling getting zapped by one of those😂 made my fingie go numb for a second

@fredautos 5 ай бұрын

Yay, needs an ignition coil😅

@Portuguese-linguica 5 ай бұрын

I had a 2001 grand am SE 2.4 that used a waist spark system. It wasn't firing on 3 and upon inspection it had cracked on the inside. It was grounding out to the metal 2.4 cover witch explains why it shocked the caca out of me every time I touched it .

@WhitefolksT 5 ай бұрын

LD9 with that damn goofy ignition system 😆

@Portuguese-linguica 5 ай бұрын

@@WhitefolksT right . Mine kept running between 230 to 245 degrees yup redline. I don't know why . I Make sure the cooling system is clean all the air ducts proper . But it loved that redline even during winter . Finally got rid of it once it popped a piston out the side.

@WhitefolksT 5 ай бұрын

@@Portuguese-linguica mine just jumped out of time at 185k miles... 2000 GrandAm :( debating on fixing it, granny's old family car

@HawkeyeMobileAutoRepair 4 ай бұрын

We had our alero "Gerdy" for 7 years. Silver 4 door 2.4 ld9. Bought at auction for $1600 with 69k on the clock. Ran it up to 149k daily driving and towing a small trailer. I had just changed the water pump (timing was FUN, lol), radiator, alternator, suspension all around, rack out plus steering kit, cv axles, bearing assemblies all the way around, brake calipers/fresh pads, trans flush/filter, plugs/boots, 4 fresh tires always oil changed full syn every 3k, air filter every 10k, and im sure more I've forgotten. Last month the wife put her 10ft down into the creek. Oh well the frame is bent and with other previous wrecks the body work became the death blow. We picked up a "fresh" (read straight and clean body/frame) black 99 3.4 coupe that doesn't currently run for $500 bucks, and now whats thats left of Gerdy is up on the lift getting stripped out to put on the black one to rights. Honestly think black one just needs fresh gas, wish me luck. 😅

@LionWithTheLamb 4 ай бұрын

@@WhitefolksTThat has to be a Quad 4. Mine was always having ignition issues.

@The_Redkween 5 ай бұрын

😂 Sorry you got shocked, Paul but that made my day.

@joseluisbrache6652 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip 👍

@johnrambo1227 4 ай бұрын

Forget slapping competitions. I want sparkplug wire grapping competition.

@ScannerDanner 6 күн бұрын

Next would be to verify coil - control from the PCM and the result of that test would dictate the next move. Possiblities for no spark on both towers of a waste spark coil, car still runs but a 2 cylinder misfire... 1.Bad coil 2.open or shorted coil - control wire 3.open or shorted PCM coil driver 4. An input problem (crank sensor with a reluctor issue)

@tbkilb01 5 ай бұрын

GOAT

@WhitefolksT 5 ай бұрын

Niceeeee

@brianb5779 5 ай бұрын

Amazing how far spark can jump. I had it jump almost 2 feet when trying to move a wire to keep from it getting caught up in a belt in school. That sucker looked and sounded like lightening when it got me. I def can say I pee'd a little when it happened 😂

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

2 ft? What were you working on?

@perrylankford4269 4 ай бұрын

Must've been 480V 3 phase..

@davidelliott5843 4 ай бұрын

400v won’t jump very far. 11KV used on local transmission lines will.

@brianb5779 4 ай бұрын

@ScannerDanner For some reason my reply to you never posted and just saw it didnt. We were doing open kv testing if i remember correctly (was like almost 30 years ago) and i think car was 50kv plus coils. While car was running the open plug wire (plug wire removed from spark plug) the vibration was causing the wire to start to possibly fall into belt/fan so i grabbed it back as far as i could to move it away and all i saw was looked like lightening come out of the plug end and come all the way to my hand and WHACK, WHACK WHACK before i threw my hand up smacking under the hood while the entire class looked at me and i tried to play cool and play it off. Guess my hand at that distance was least path of resistance.

@HawkeyeMobileAutoRepair 4 ай бұрын

Some people are more conductive than others. Once upon a time in freshman science class the teacher brought in a static procucing machine that continually rubbed two sheets of wool together to produce a real static shock! When testing it some peple could be conductive from as fas as 10 ft, while most werent shocked before the 2ft mark. Coulda been the shoes we had on. Lol

@willmcmillan9511 4 ай бұрын

I use 2 inch pieces of vacuum line in between the terminal and the wire and hold the test light to the vacuum line.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Too much work lol but I know that test too thanks

@nezerac 4 ай бұрын

96 for Thunderbird ignition coils pack a huuuuuuge punch!

@xu2wk8uj9p 4 ай бұрын

I felt it. I've been electrocuted by a tow behind trailer before. That was electrifying. 😂

@ottocipra6562 4 ай бұрын

The coil produced spark on the back side as you say. Pls explain why this wouldn’t be a bad wire or connection if the coil is producing spark?

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

My test light is the plug wire. You'd have to have two bad plug wires on the same coil for this test to have variables. The full length video shows more. But this is a single cylinder misfire which is also an important key piece of info

@polloman15 4 ай бұрын

The spark plug electrocution is mandatory 😎

@ViperSRTnACR 4 ай бұрын

Great video Dan! I would have opted for a test like with a boot to plug into the coil to prevent the shocks. 😅

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! My name is Paul Danner btw 😉

@kuripotech461 5 ай бұрын

Where is the whole video of this sir?

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

Linked in the short

@davidthomas3859 4 ай бұрын

You ain’t been shocked until you panic stop a motor with an old style magneto.

@EasyGoingLife101 4 ай бұрын

I like that zap. Feels good. Anybody like the feeling of feeling for a light switch in the dark with a cover off and you just get a little buzz throughout your whole body 🎉😂

@billybobaggins8820 4 ай бұрын

Old ouch tester on a cap of a 90’s pathfinder was pretty easy diag, I just wanted to see if the plug wires were seated.

@kennethparker2168 4 ай бұрын

You haven't lived until you've taken and HEI spark revved up to about 3,000 RPMs to your gold wedding ring

@dakotalong1015 4 ай бұрын

Just watching that I can feel it

@rigo1529 4 ай бұрын

How many of you felt the shock when he took that spark plug wire off? I know I did. Crazy how the brain works. 🧠

@ShortFingerRC 4 ай бұрын

I've been bitten by an MSD 50k coil a time or two....pretty cool feeling

@alexanderthegrape5370 3 ай бұрын

Scanner Danner king of antiquated machines 😅

@ScannerDanner 3 ай бұрын

100% still a useful tool and method 🙄

@DaRoo7mile 4 ай бұрын

Ikr it's the weirdest feeling in the world ⚡

@raggy-raggy 4 ай бұрын

Those sparks lit me up thru some 10kv rated electrical rubber gloves. It was that moment, I knew I facked up.

@dalebills9470 4 ай бұрын

😂

@afr946 Ай бұрын

Thought it was Jake Paul speaking for a sec

@sammyroundtree4242 4 ай бұрын

If you don't have a test light another way you can tell is when you pull the plug wire if there's no change in the engine idle it's a big indicator as well

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

For sure, but you wouldn't want to do that without giving the spark somewhere to go. Damage can occur in the coil itself or the module that controls it

@nealp.2841 4 ай бұрын

Electrocution is "Death by electricity".... you're only going to get shocked by that coil. It hurts like hell but it will not electrocute you!! There is, on the other hand, a wire that can and will electrocute if you were to touch it whilst the vehicle is running.. but that's on hybrid and electric vehicles..

@Jason-ws3cd 4 ай бұрын

Ohh spark plug wires those were nice

@1waukesha 4 ай бұрын

Ah shit, just gotta man up and take it! Makes ya feel alive! Lol. Thats how I test for spark sometimes on an old snowmobile, stick my thumb over the boot and tell him Ok! PULLER!! ZAPP! Oh YEAH, she got spark!!

@richardthomas1743 4 ай бұрын

Shocked , not electrocuted by that ignition coil.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Yes, wrong word lol

@biffsmith3927 4 ай бұрын

A spark tester is less painful @ 12 bucks. Mines 40 + years old, havent been bit once in those 40 years. Works on either end of plugwire.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

You can't do an RPM drop test with a spark tester. You have to be able to do this test running!

@TribalBigMac 4 ай бұрын

Scanner Danner the diagnostic master

@stephenking9789 13 күн бұрын

LMFAO i use the good ole screw driver trick where i pot the drivier into the plug wire an push the side of the driver against the plug an shock the shyt outta myself

@petem6291 4 ай бұрын

When I went to the GM training center, they show you the same test with with siding paper clips under the boots. But you power brake the car to produce a load then do the cly short test.

@lurchmccoy 4 ай бұрын

Tried so hard. Still got ya. Damn electricity

@mariosaccoccio1688 5 ай бұрын

Hey! That's a 3.3 or 3.8 Chrysler! 😂

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

Yes sir

@donuzoka8858 4 ай бұрын

GM bro

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

@@donuzoka8858 this is a Dodge Carvan with either a 3.3 or 3.8 engine

@shadetree6705 4 ай бұрын

I have SVT, the last time I got bit really good it took a while to get my heart rate back down, lol.

@charlkoopman4885 4 ай бұрын

'⚡️ it got me a lil bit...

@jesuscardenas2737 3 ай бұрын

Yeah we seen it get ya 😂😂

@garycili6989 4 ай бұрын

Funniest video in a while 👍

@j-cole88 4 ай бұрын

Electrocution literally means that you died. There is no such thing as just shocked electrocution. The term is used incorrectly a lot. After I learned that I stopped saying it unless death occurred as a result.

@monsaka7827 4 ай бұрын

Ouch!!

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

It doesn't lol

@monsaka7827 4 ай бұрын

@@ScannerDanner Every time I ever got snagged by an ignition it hurt.

@douglasdale2940 23 күн бұрын

Use an inductive pick up timing light and pull the trigger. No worry of getting zapped!

@ScannerDanner 23 күн бұрын

This is a poor test at best. You can have weak spark that will still fire off a timing light.

@fperri302 4 ай бұрын

Got an old pair of plug boot puller pliers .. soldered on a fat wire with and alligator clip on other end ...hook her to neg on battery and start pulling them off ... same principal but one ha nded

@hartfam3037 4 ай бұрын

Ah yes the good ole 3.3/3.8

@canadian_gamerzslol6174 4 ай бұрын

you dont need a test light see it not firing ...if cylinder is firing and you remove a plug wire the engine will change tone/studder ...if it does not change that means that cylinder is not fireing

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

You never want to remove a plug wire without giving the spark somewhere to go! In this test we are looking for two things. 1. Rpm drops on each cylinder 2. The strength of the spark from each tower

@sickproduct 4 ай бұрын

That thing always cooks on the hot plate

@thee_number_six6227 4 ай бұрын

The shock is only 12v DC, but it's got some amps behind it for a good kick.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Voltage yes amperage no

@donaldales7739 4 ай бұрын

Keep your body from touching the car and you won't get zapped....

@AtlasReburdened 4 ай бұрын

"And this is not like, death electrocution" Electro: electricity Cution: death Electrocution: death by electricity. The word you're looking for is "shocked", not electrocuted.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Yes sir

@fascistpedant758 5 ай бұрын

I've always assumed that an internal path to ground is almost always responsible for no spark at one terminal of a wasted spark coil, but can't the secondary circuit of the companion cylinder also be the cause? Would it be reasonable to ground the terminal of the companion before calling coil?

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

An open plug or wire on a waste spark coil does have the ability to affect both sides of the circuit, at least in theory. The test light test I'm showing is eliminating that variable in the way it is being tested. I have a case study on one of these. I need to find it. I kept getting shocked every time I'd touch the open plug wire side from memory lol. Looking now EDIT Found it! This is going to be today's short 🙂 thank you! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n6x8lLWVxJvbk2w.htmlsi=lBEG33y0zssg4mWo

@777damage777 3 ай бұрын

Electrocute means you die. Electrify means you get shocked.

@danielh.5158 4 ай бұрын

It's called getting a shock, not getting electrocuted 😂

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Yeah sorry, I don't even know why I said that

@danielh.5158 4 ай бұрын

All is good. Informative video.

@Sicktrickintuner 5 ай бұрын

These coils use the same high voltage coil for the opposite cylinder I’m assuming? Thus why if one side is working, both should technically be?

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

That is correct. It's simply a secondary winding that is not electrically connected to the primary like conventional coils. So when the primary field collapses and we surge the secondary winding, the generated electron flow finds its return path through the block and other plug and wire.

@Sicktrickintuner 4 ай бұрын

@@ScannerDanner ahh ok, so each plug has separate high voltage coils but get supplied from one 12V coil. Ahh makes sense

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

@@Sicktrickintuner3 separate ignition coils in this. 2 towers for each coil

@Daniel-ou4fb 4 ай бұрын

I've been shocked by the coil on my old 5.3L Jeep, and it stung like a mf.

@splicezone 4 ай бұрын

The engine seems to run better with the second plug disconnected. lol

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

You can totally have that happen as the harmonic that is created is more cancelled out with 2 cylinders misfiring out of 6 instead of 1.

@dss8345 5 ай бұрын

*shocked. Electrocuted means you died.

@ScannerDanner 5 ай бұрын

Yeah wrong word sorry

@fascistpedant758 5 ай бұрын

A little bit of you dies every time you get a good shock.

@craigcallaway1108 4 ай бұрын

Put short Pieces of vacuum hose from the coil into the boot start the engine, then touch it with the test light to ground Doing a cylinder balance test the further away from the hose Will give you a nice blue Ark about an inch away. If it’s a small, yellow spark, the coil is weak. We call it a poor man’s coil performance test

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

I like the challenge more than fudging around with vacuum hoses 😉

@69yenko65 4 ай бұрын

Dont even need the test light. Pull the boot off till you can hear the rpm drop and you know that cylinder is contributing.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

It is never good to do that! You always want to give the spark somewhere to go as coil and driver damage can occur. Secondly, I'm not just doing an RPM drop test, I'm also looking at the distance the spark can jump from each tower. The method I'm showing is THE way to do both of these things

@petescustomcarshop 4 ай бұрын

I use fuse puller.

@BlueEyedColonizer 4 ай бұрын

"Electrocuted " means shocked to death.....😂😂

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

I know smh. Not sure why I used that term, but I've certainly heard about it😉

@jamesmix78 27 күн бұрын

Bad ECM’s will cause this same behavior though coil pack is the easiest fastest gamble. If that doesn’t fix it, open the ecm and you’ll probably see one of the transistors is swollen (bad)

@ScannerDanner 27 күн бұрын

A bad ecm driver would cause a no spark on two towers, not one

@lakesautomotivediagnostics6509 4 ай бұрын

🔧✌️🔧

@dubsbarry9963 4 ай бұрын

Actually, electrocution means death by electricity. The term was created when the electric chair was invented. Otherwise, we're just talking electric shock

@michaelodonnell8306 4 ай бұрын

It's a shock. Electrocution means you were killed or severely wounded by a shock. Ignition is a pulse, high frequency by definition, and runs over the surface of your skin and a little into the muscle. Painful, not deadly. Not trying to give you a hard time but using the right words elevates your credibility.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Man, if only I could go back in time 10 years. You're only the 30th person to remind me of my poor choice of words lol

@mattheawcavallaro8902 2 ай бұрын

I know a 4th gen chrysler minivan when i see oneeeeee

@x-man5056 4 ай бұрын

Got bit anyway. Made me jump when I saw it. That shit sucks.

@HeadFlowInc 4 ай бұрын

Use the clamp on an old school timing light bud!! If it’s got spark the light flashes…. No flash no spark zero danger. Come on young gun! 👍👍

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

1.Weak spark can still trigger a timing light, making that test useless for what we are looking for. 2. I'm performing an RPM drop test to ID which cylinder is misfiring, again, something a timing light would be useless for. Watch the full length case study linked in the short!

@marksimpson100 2 күн бұрын

Wait till you get a jolt from a 40s Harley magneto

@yogidemis8513 4 ай бұрын

Easy diagnosis.

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Yes sir. Check out the full case study. It was pretty sweet

@RogueSmithers 4 ай бұрын

It can very well be a death shock if your other hand is grounded and the current passes through your heart. I have PVCs (premature ventricular contractions) aka a premature heartbeat directly due to a Cadillac ignition coil with a leaking plug wire ... The amperage CAN KILL YOU

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

No sir, not with an ignition coil. Doesn't matter. Amperage is too small.

@martinmallasch2814 4 ай бұрын

Dude, you could do the same with an inductive timing light

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

Not for weak spark. Weak spark will still fire a timing light! Also I've seen low compression cylinders NOT fire off a timing light due to the low kv demand from no compression. So the timing light test has too many variables.

@bigdog2084 4 ай бұрын

Uhhh. My guess is by now there's a safer way to TEST properly. Probably something like an ohms..resistance tested ect

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

I've seen MANY bad coils pass a resistance test

@JosephCowen-fz8vj 2 күн бұрын

But heres my point if one side of that coil is sparking something is very wrong , that system spark goes out one side of the coil through the lead jumps the plug gap goes through the block jumps the dead cylinder on exhaust back through the other lead back to the other side of the coil , it cant work on one side and not the other !!! It needs a full circuit! If its jumping one one side how is it getting back to coil ???

@ScannerDanner Күн бұрын

It has a return path through the housing of the coil. This is actually very common

@SGTUSMCVET269 4 ай бұрын

I like the old school stuff but I prefer to see what I can see on an ohm meter before I go and get shocked by 60-100kv

@ScannerDanner 4 ай бұрын

I have shown MANY bad ignition coils that measure good on an ohmmeter. When they measure bad, it's bad, but when they measure good, it can still be bad.