Originally Posted by Lee-j
So if I run a temporary live feed to the wire going into pin 2 of the coil that should do I reckon, then if that turns out to be the problem I can investigate the wiring side of things. I'll try that over the weekend!
BTW, did you ever end up trying that?
Checking for the signal is not straight forward without some proper tools. Oscilloscope is the proper tool for the job, but a handy person can use a laptop's microphone input for the same thing.
The signal should roughly look like this:
http://www.bgsoflex.com/mjl/sum1.jpg