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Old Mar 13, 2019 | 11:08 AM
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Hi guys was finally able to get the car up and running after a long winter. I recently installed d585 coils and followed the FM procedure as I'm running a hydra ems. Issue I'm having is I believe a misfire from around 4k rpm and up. Of course my USB to serial adapter crapped out on me so waiting for that to arrive. What I found odd was I touched the metal bracket holding the coil and got zapped. That cant be right, so whered I go wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Old Mar 13, 2019 | 12:31 PM
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you have electrical current leaking.
Old Mar 14, 2019 | 06:29 AM
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That's a problem. Junkyard coils or new replacements?
Old Mar 18, 2019 | 11:47 AM
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The coils were bought used, missed a ground wire on the sub harness which resolved the hot coil mount lol but am still experiencing a misfire. Is there any way to bench test the coil? If not probably going to order a new set and know they are working.
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yes, test mode in megasquirt
Old Mar 18, 2019 | 12:36 PM
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I have a hydra ecu unfortunately
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get one of these to assure that you've got a strong spark.

spark tester spark tester
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