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It depends on what motor you are talking about. If it is a newer motor it may have no points or condenser. Most points and condensers are usually located on the end of the crank shaft under the fly wheel.
An ignition system is a system for igniting a fuel-air mixture. It is best known in the field of internal combustion engines but also has other applications, e.g. in oil-fired and gas-fired boilers. The earliest internal combustion engines used a flame, or a heated tube, for ignition but these were quickly replaced by systems using an electric spark.******Are you asking about the difference between EI and a points and condenser type system?
compression ignition
There are basically two types of spark ignition engine. They are the diesel spark engines and the petrol spark engines.
A strobe gun is also called a timing light. It is a device used to set ignition timing on car engines that use distributor ignition systems. It has a way to connect to an ignition wire (usually a clamp induction pickup). The gun flashes whenever the spark plug it's connected to fires.
distributorless ignition system - the coil pack(s) with the towers where your spark plug wires are connected - the other ends of the spark plug wires are connected to the spark plugs ( on the 2.3 L and 4.0 L engines in 1993 )
No, spark plugs do not cause ignition in diesels. The fuel compression causes ignition
To wire the coil in a Mercury Bobcat: The + terminal goes to the "run" prong on the ignition switch. The - terminal goes to the points and condenser. The middle terminal (the one with the fat wire coming out of it) goes to the center post on the distributor. This is how you wire the coil in any car that has points and condenser. The Bobcats that are little construction machines have diesel engines in them, so there's no coil at all.
Yes.
In some, Not Diesels
No diesel engines use the "heat of compression" to cause fuel to ignite not electrical ignition.
Gas turbine engines, including jet engines, have a capacitor discharge ignition system using one or more ignitor plugs, which are only used at startup or in case the combustor(s) flame goes out. Ignition system of piston engines use spark plugs, distributor, coil and a battery.