Not sure what Im doing either.lol Down loaded the manual on here and was checking the spark plug coil. The manual said to set it on Ohms x1 and reading should be 0.18-0.28.But it pegs it. But I had another coil from my 700 Polaris Sportsman 4 wheeler and it does the same thing. Like I said I dont much about Rhinos. I work on hotrods a lot though.But that dosnt seem to help with the Rhino.lol Puzzles me that Im getting fire and fuel and still no start. Also when trying to start it, if I give it gas it will backfire out the exhaust sometimes. Any help would be appreciated
OK, it looks like you have an analog (moving needle pointer) multimeter. A quicky lesson on that meter, if I may: Set the meter to the ohms range that you need (X1 in this case). This means the numbers on the Ohms scale on the meter face are read 'as-is' (X1). Look for the word Ohms on the meter face and it should be associated with a band of numbers in an arc across the scale. Sometimes just position, but often in a particular color, etc.
Now for calibration: short the two test leads together and you should see the needle move way up-scale. The end of the scale is marked as 0 (Zero) Ohms. There is an adjustment knob, or wheel, somewhere on the meter; probably called 'Zero Adjust'. Move that adjustment until it reads zero with the leads touching each other (as dead short is zero ohms). While we are here look at that scale and figure out where that .18 to .28 Ohms should be. Sometimes it is too close to the end of the scale to actually be able to see; if so, the multimeter is not usable for this measurement. Look for a X 0.1 setting, the meter might have one. It takes a pretty good multimeter to measure some of these extremely low values. At any rate, an accurate calibration of zero will be neccessary to actually make that measurment, assuming that the scale will let you see the difference between a dead short and the value that the coil is supposed to be.
The typical digital multimeter has the same sort of problem. If the reading involves the only last digit, it will be quite suspect. If you touch the leads together you will usually find that last digit fluctuating a couple of points around zero.
