Re: coil arcing

[tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor)]

Walt---It's normal for a high energy spark, such as that which leaves
the coil, to try finding some place to ground. You took away its ground
path by removing the wire out of the top, and the + terminal provided a
way to ground. It's better to remove the wire at the cap, and ground it
to the valve cover or some other source. Unless your ears lit up, it
shouldn't have hurt anything.

Dick