1984 200M ignition coil HELP !

[timmyhart14]

I have an 84 200m engine i would like to get running. I have all the wireing harness, but i am missing the ignition coil. I was thinking of just using any random coil i have laying around as i have alot of them from snowmobiles and other engines i have. But than i was told that i need to have a coil where the primary and secondary resistances are the same as stock. and that i would be better off with original coil. I own an 82 bigred and the coil fits the same wireing as the 84 200m so now i have something to go by. its the single prong verson of 84 200m to make it clear. I have a manual for both the 200m and bigred, i checked out the ignition coil specs for both of them, they both have the same primary resitance, but the secondary resistance is different, I went on bikebandit.com for a new coil and discovered the 200m and bigred coils are different part number and difference in price is around 20 bucks if i remember so. So my question is, can i just use any random coil with my 200m, or do need to use the stock one. and will any 200cc honda 3 wheeler coil off ebay work with this engine, without causing damage to any of my electronics and CDI. thankyou

[elcamino12sec]

I would try the coil you already have first, it would not hurt anything since they are the same motor. For me 5 min worth of labor is worth saving 20 bucks. Or you can find one on ebay pretty cheap

[timmyhart14]

thankyou very much, I think im just gonna go on ebay and find a used 3 wheeler coil and hope it works without damaging anything, it would of been nice if i could just use what i have laying around and save some money, but in the run it would cost more to fix my wiring harness and CDI if one of my coils did some big damage