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Old 10-13-2015, 02:45 PM
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I'm looking to replace the single-fire coil on my '95 FLST Nostalgia. There's no maker's mark on it anywhere. I've searched the internet for an exact replacement but no luck. Can anyone tell me what I've got from the picture attached?
Thanks in advance for any help in I.D.-ing it...
 
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Old 10-13-2015, 03:06 PM
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Looks like a crane. Yea single re...
 
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I would GUESS that any single fire coil should work in its place, if you can't find the exact one. There might be a few exceptions to that, but in general, a coil is a coil. If you can measure the resistance of a primary circuit, that would help.
 
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That IS a Crane coil, but I believe that model has been discontinued.
 
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Originally Posted by 98hotrodfatboy
Looks like a crane. Yea single re...
Thanks for the heads-up! I'll see if I can find one.
 
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Originally Posted by Dr.Hess
but in general, a coil is a coil. If you can measure the resistance of a primary circuit, that would help.

Electronic ignitions are pretty picky about resistance...that appears to be a crane 3 ohm single fire....brand doesn't matter but resistance does...newer crane coils are made by S&S. Have you checked it to see if there is anything wrong with it? That is a pretty expensive coil.


http://www.retrocycle.com/CustomChro...Page_0428.html
 
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I would GUESS that any single fire coil should work in its place, if you can't find the exact one. There might be a few exceptions to that, but in general, a coil is a coil. If you can measure the resistance of a primary circuit, that would help.
I bought a cheap single fire coil from Amazon($48, made in USA, and free shipping) but the original chrome cover wouldn't fit over it. All electrical connections are on one side as opposed to the old coil. And now, less than 2 months and 400 miles later, the rear cylinder quit firing. I checked for spark and there was none. I verified function of the spark tester(pictured) on the front cyl just to be sure it was working. Guess I got what I paid for, cheap $48 coil . . .
 
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Originally Posted by Tom84FXST
Electronic ignitions are pretty picky about resistance...that appears to be a crane 3 ohm single fire....brand doesn't matter but resistance does...newer crane coils are made by S&S. Have you checked it to see if there is anything wrong with it? That is a pretty expensive coil.


http://www.retrocycle.com/CustomChro...Page_0428.html
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I'm sure the coil is bad, kept losing the rear cylinder after warm up, then finally wouldn't fire at all. I put in a cheap coil, along with new wires and plugs in Aug, and now 500 miles later, there's no fire to the rear cylinder, again. I ordered an Accel Super Coil from Amazon a couple days ago. Hope I'll get a little more life out of it than the last one. I'll also check with S&S as you suggested.
 
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The way I got rid of my single fire issues was I went back to dual fire. Problems solved.
 
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The way I got rid of my single fire issues was I went back to dual fire. Problems solved.
I'd appreciate it if you share with us and briefly describe the issues you were having with your single-fire system.
 


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