well the bad coil did appear to be the dark blue one anyway.... tested the
motor out and she runs like new.



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Chris wrote:
for a 1960's Johnson 20hp, was there a particular colour for the original
coils? In mine I saw a dark blue one, and a light green one. The light
green had today's kind of wire insulation on it, while the dark blue one
seemed to have the older type of insulation - almost looks like a fabric
or whatever (you know what I mean - the older stuff)..

The replacement coil I put in was a newer light green although not
identical to the older light green.
I suspect that the dark blue was well worn as she seems to run good now
that I replaced it along with the points and condenser.

Anyone had this experience here?

The coil insulation could be any color & not matching, blacks, browns,
greens, blues, sometimes a reddish, or orange, or creme/tan tint.

For service, if a coil passes the spark test & the leak test and the
insulation is not cracked or compromised, it goes back on w/o regard to
color, or matching.

Rob