Glamis321 Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Well, swapped out my plug caps for brand new ones, and no change. Although with the new caps installed, my secondary reads over 15,000 ohms going from plug cap to plug cap. Is this normal? The manual says no more than 7,100, and my coil reads 6000 if i go straight from the wires with the caps removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Are you getting resistor caps or non-resistor caps? It sounds like your higher reading is with resistor caps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamis321 Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Each cap alone reads around 4,700 ohms, so I'm assuming they are resistor caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Are you running resistor plugs too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamis321 Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I have both, but resistor plugs are currently in the bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coupelx Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 br8es (resistor) plugs with non resistor caps or b8es (non resistor) plugs with resistor caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamis321 Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 I think I found my problem. One of the stator wires was rubbing against the flywheel and has just about rubbed through the wire. I'll replace the wire tomorrow and see if that works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 I think I found my problem. One of the stator wires was rubbing against the flywheel and has just about rubbed through the wire. I'll replace the wire tomorrow and see if that works If your stator wire was rubbing against the flywheel, how did you ohm it out? Did you check it with the flywheel on or off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamis321 Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 If your stator wire was rubbing against the flywheel, how did you ohm it out? Did you check it with the flywheel on or off? Flywheel was on when i did it, maybe it just wasnt touching when i ohmed it out. Heres a pic, its the red wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwriter Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 It's definitely not going to run with the charging coil shorted to ground. It ran for a little bit until the flywheel rubbed through the insulation and shorted the red wire to ground. When you ohmed it, you probably didn't ohm it from the charging coil to ground. Fix the red wire and I bet it fires right up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamis321 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 I ohmed it as described in the clymer manual and it read fine, but I should have time tomorrow to fix it finally. It's been a hectic week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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