hot coil

[William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>]

        As another data point, why don't you pull a plug when
the engine dies and see if you still get a spark?  Or just
pull a wire hold the engine block and touch your tounge to 
the lead. Either way, you'll find out if it is indeed a loss
of spark creating the engine failure.  A hot coil would seem
to indicate a very high resistance in the secondary circut.
(My 0.00001 cents worth)
Woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu