Isn't this the sexyest thing you have ever seen?

Get your kid to hold onto the plug wire while you pull the start cord....the kid will tell you.....:crybaby:

Sorry about the answer......

Thanks poncho wife bit on that one last time.If I say coil and don't add something else fast she reaches for Blunt or sharp objects!!

xdiver86 said:

Now that I have your attention, How do I check a coil on a homelite xl12 chainsaw. It has sat for qite a while so the points might be stuck"hope not". any help would be most helpful. Sorry about the title!!:sorry1:

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:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: That was funny:thThumbsU

I used my little brother as a spark tester on my mini-bike many years ago..but only ONCE!..my dad used my butt for a football after he went in the house bawling!..(it had good spark..)..

Thanks rog02. I'll look into one . jacks wants almost $90 for a coil!

Rog is right. I got that tool at O'Reilly's Auto Parts for a bit less than $10.00.

FERGUSONTO35; stoped at my friendly o'reilly's parts store and picked up one,about $7. now I have no spark.Points look god after I cleaned them and gaped(.015) them. Now what is every bodys guess? A $30 condenser or a $90 coil or both...The saw has good compression and ran fine and started good last time it was ran.

xdiver86 said:

Now that I have your attention, How do I check a coil on a homelite xl12 chainsaw. It has sat for qite a while so the points might be stuck"hope not". any help would be most helpful. Sorry about the title!!:sorry1:

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:banghead3 Now I seen the title, and thought you were posting another picture of me from up in Moline.... :crybaby:

i have got one to, they do help alot

xdiver86 said:

FERGUSONTO35; stoped at my friendly o'reilly's parts store and picked up one,about $7. now I have no spark.Points look god after I cleaned them and gaped(.015) them. Now what is every bodys guess? A $30 condenser or a $90 coil or both...The saw has good compression and ran fine and started good last time it was ran.

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OK, with that bit of info I might suggest you try disconnecting the kill switch and leave the wire open (Non grounded state) and see if you have spark. The grounding toggles have been known to short to ground and stay that way. I have found the replacement switches at my local hardware store in a switch display. The last one I bought was about $6.

The reason I say this is because the saw ran well during the last operation so I doubt if the coil or condenser had a catastrophic failure in storage. You might also want to check the continuity of the wires as a break in the lead from the coil to the points could also cause a sudden loss of ignition.

A VOM is also a mighty handy piece of kit in the tool box.

Thanks rog. I have disconnected the switch, but it had continuity in the off position but had none when in the on position. So I think the switch is good. Will check the leads to the points tomorrow. Pull the da%%%% flywheel again!!!! By the way has anyone had any experience with "cheap chainsaw parts out of Washington state or Randy's engine repair out of Virgina???

on that old xl12 i have 2 of them the first thing I'd check is the points and condenser mack sure the points are clean they like to corrode a bit and then after checking that check the gap on the coil it should be about .010 a bussiness card between the magnet on the flywheel and the coil makes a great gapping tool

Well I put a new coil on. had fire and it ran for a while. now it has good spark on the first pull of the starter cord then nothing.after sitting for a while it will do the same thing.I think maybe the condenser. any thoughts from you mechanics??