{"id":1363,"date":"2018-07-16T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T18:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.pratt.edu\/open-source\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2018-07-16T08:16:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T18:16:02","slug":"ls2-coils-for-my-tractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"LS2 Coils for my Tractor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working on my tractor. Still have to replace a hydraulic hose and one axle seal but It drives around fine&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am still going to convert it to fuel injection but since it has a brand new carburetor first thing I&#8217;ll concentrate on is the ignition.&nbsp;It runs great at higher speed but at idle the timing is a bit too advanced.&nbsp; It will be nice to be able to fine tune the curve. Its going to be running Alpha-N unless I get really bored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought a couple of GM LS2 Truck coils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1028.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to make my own harness. I followed the Megasquirt wiring and added a little 10uF cap right at the coil. I read about some issues with noise so I&#8217;m using shielded cable for the trigger and plain cable for the power feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1021.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\">From the outside they look exactly the same but internally one uses smaller wire with a foil shield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1022.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\">A little heatshrink tubing on the shield wire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1023.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>probably should have stripped the black wire then used heatshrink to join it with the shield&#8230;. good thing the holes in the connector are oval shaped..<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1024.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the MSQ forum recommends using a 10uF cap near the coil.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1025.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thats as close as I can get it..<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1026.jpg\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>solder and tape that up<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1027.jpg\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\">I like a heavy dose of liquid tape then some heatshrink to completely seal it up. ATV sealer works too but oozes more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/ls%20coil\/IMG_1028.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not bad looking. Now just wait for sundown to cool things off so I can work outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working on my tractor. Still have to replace a hydraulic hose and one axle seal but It drives around fine&#8230; I am still going to convert it to fuel injection but since it has a brand new carburetor first thing I&#8217;ll concentrate on is the ignition.&nbsp;It runs great at higher speed but at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arduino","category-automotive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}