I have Victa 2 stroke lawn mower. It's approx 15 - 20 yrs old. The other day i was cutting the grass and it stopped dead. The spark plug was foulded. I replaced the plug with a new plug. Still no spark. I took the top off and cleaned the points and re gapped it. I checked the spark once again but it was weak. The mower started. I would like to know how to check the coil and the capaciter. I have a Multi meter Thank you for any suggestions.

Re: how to test the coil and capaciter

#77 16/03/01 02:31 PM

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If you have weak spark then it has to be the condenser. The coil will produce no spark if it is bad, unless its intermidant. It could be a totally different problem also.

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