Diagnosing a bad coil

[Isleblue65]

I am getting no spark. The motor ran last weekend but suddenly died while mowing. I looked at the points and could see an intermittent and very weak spark while cranking over the motor. At the plug, I could see the same weak and intermittent spark. The spark became even more intermittent as I was looking at things and cranking the starter over again and again. Now it is gone. I installed an electronic ignition module, and there is still no spark. My question is: If you disconnected the coil wire from the points and condenser, and held it in your fingers while cranking over the motor, wouldn't you feel a shock if the coil was working? In my case there is nothing coming out of the coil. Thanks, Craig

[gregc]

Maybe this will help: http://www.simpletractors.com/club2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=68866

[Isleblue65]

Greg, Thanks for that link. It definitely points me in the right direction on how to further test my coil, which I will do tomorrow. Craig