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sashko12

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"What resistance value (Oh

"What resistance value (Ohm) should be across spark leads on Johnson 60ESL-70D motor?

When checking for continuity and doing some rebuilding on the leads I found that one of my leads has 0.19 Ohms, and the other two 1.14 Ohms each. Which is good?

Also, there was some brown grease-like hardened substance on the end of the leads that screws into the distributor. Aren't those supposed to be clean?"
 
"The brown grease is what is c

"The brown grease is what is called "Type D" grease and is required to help prevent the arc from shorting to ground.

If you're speaking of continuity from one end of the plug wire to the other end, it should register as a dead short.... no resistance."
 
Where should that grease be: j

Where should that grease be: just in the rubber boot or/and in the area where the lead is screwed internally into the distributor as well?
 
"Proper method is to have the

"Proper method is to have the grease in the bakelite threasded portion of the distributor cap, then screw the plug wire in."
 
Both those resistance readings

Both those resistance readings are fine. You can read that much from the meter leads alone.
 
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