If the diode is bad or broken on the coil that Q36 drives it will blow the transistor immediately. I would disconnect the small wire from the coil and cut off the blown transistor see if the fuse stops blowing and the other coils work
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If the diode is bad or broken on the coil that Q36 drives it will blow the transistor immediately. I would disconnect the small wire from the coil and cut off the blown transistor see if the fuse stops blowing and the other coils work
Rickoshay is right. If there is only 1 wire to each lug it doesn’t matter. If there are 2 to a lug that is the power(big) wire usually and the single wire is the little drive wire which The relevant transistor is connecting to ground. I always disconnect the small/drive/wire connected to the transistor as there is only 1 to solder back.
If you can test continuity between each lug of the coil and the metal tab of the
Blown transistor you will know which is the drive wire. The others wire should have the banded side of the diode if you replace it
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