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Old May 2, 2019 | 10:38 PM
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look I don't have fire to the spark plugs,
fire come to the coil and the light on my superstock ignition light blinks
and the terminals on the coil blink but no fire to the spark plug
have screaming eagle wires 10 mm, does a coil go bad like that?
 
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Old May 2, 2019 | 11:16 PM
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Yup coils can die suddenly. Make sure you have 12V to the coil and the run switch is on, not joking about that last part happens to all of us at some point.
 
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Old May 6, 2019 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
Yup coils can die suddenly. Make sure you have 12V to the coil and the run switch is on, not joking about that last part happens to all of us at some point.
HA! You ain't wrong.
 
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