Evinrude Sportsman/ELTO Ace Coil

[Waunaboat]

Hello.  I have a 1940 Evinrude Sportsman without spark.  The issue was not in the spark plug, the wire to the spark plug, or the points.  I did clean up the points and checked for conductivity on every part of the ignition system, but it seemed that the secondary circuit of the coil was nonfunctional per a multimeter test for conductivity (I am 100% positive it is the coil).  Does anybody know if/where I would be able to find a functional coil for this?  I believe that the whole stater plate/coil assembly is the same as the ELTO Aces of the same period.  If a new old stock coil would be hard to come by, what type of coil should I use for a conversion, and how would I go about doing a conversion?

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[Tubs]

You can use this inexpensive two wire coil with some modification to the laments. You will need to ground the spark plug lead you don’t use. The two lead coil is a better choice as the single lead interferes with the crankshaft. https://www.ebay.com/itm/232218550107?itmmeta=01HSHZA1YJEA9DJXN19TMK514R&hash=item36114ddf5b:g:froAAOSwjDZYimAJ&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8EkFNaML4O3r7%2FD%2BbMrH8%2F8KfyA5wEEjhKLGPn7hMhe1UGg0u7podGb%2F6ALhrNE9plzmvo64einFmqRQoMt598vh%2BUV0uHyGR4bvTcivtnxBVHQi4dG9Uo8JzUZDDHJ7VTdiHy%2BIZmOzNFOT%2F0rRZ9iLr5JtoYnOjb0dlM9va4qpAlg2VGyzcdF62fGYMUwNfBj5qocIStMNiTsFAsfY3TYmLLqAB6Z1msPBRA3MfDKfXQiL5djn9tS5mdh8Pk76v%2FKEb9f5YgkfIxrDL6xGP5YBSUJG%2F%2BcaOJ%2BwxsxCWQYDcrgg2O0qIgN%2BF2847I70Gw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7ifqL_MYw

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[Waunaboat]

Do I just take a few layers off of the laminates, sandwich it in the old side laminates, and then ground one wire to the stator plate?

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