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Got a little problem hope you guys can help

Started by hoggin, October 03, 2012, 03:06:33 PM

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hoggin

Ok put in cdi and i still have no spark. Is there anything else i can check?

RickM

Did check the coils? Coils are more likely to be suspect than the cdi.

hoggin


mchollan

Use a multimeter to check the resistance of the coils.  There are two coils per side.  A primary and a secondary.

The primary can be measured by checking the resistance between +wire and -wire on the coil pack.  That is the black cylinder looking thing bolted to the frame the the plug wire comes out of.  It should measure 3-6 ohms or resistance.

The secondary coil can be measured from the +wire to the plug cap and be around 18-30 Kohms.

RickM

Quote from: mchollan on October 19, 2012, 09:16:31 PM
Use a multimeter to check the resistance of the coils.  There are two coils per side.  A primary and a secondary.

The primary can be measured by checking the resistance between +wire and -wire on the coil pack.  That is the black cylinder looking thing bolted to the frame the the plug wire comes out of.  It should measure 3-6 ohms or resistance.

The secondary coil can be measured from the +wire to the plug cap and be around 18-30 Kohms.

+1

Btw did you check spark at both cyl. Its unlikely that both coils went out at the same time. If you have spark on one side you can swap the good coil to the bad side and confirm that way as well. Another possible reason for no spark is a bad timing pickup coil or connection from the right side engine cover area.

hoggin

Yeas rickm I checked both sides and there is no spark on either one. I also noticed that the starter switch was always a little tricky I had to push on it kinda hard since I got it. if you push it lighty sometimes it will not work, Could this cause the problem?

Funderb

also its a good idea to check the resistance on the signal generator, mine failed on me all of a sudden. all you have to do to check it us pull the left tail fairing down a little bit, here's the page:

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