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Bad Starter Solenoid?

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yoshisakan said:
I have a signal generator (which i thought was called points) and what I thought was an ignitor, but the manual calls a transistor unit. The bike is a 1980 gs1100 16v, if that helps.

pg11-1
http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/80-83_GS1100T-LT-EX-1000SZ-EZ-SD-ED-ESD.pdf

Does this sound like a problem that a new Dyna S Ignition would solve? There is a store about 100mi away with one in stock. I could pick it up saturday and be on the road this weekend.
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you have two options:

I think that older bike has an Ignitor in a metal can and it is not potted. You can try and take a soldering iron with solder and reflow the solder joints on the back. You take off the can to access the back of the board. Do this with the connector unplugged and off the bike.

On these older electronics, it is the solder joints that can break due to stress of vibration and fleure of the PCB. You juts go over each through hole solder jopint and reflow it. Takes about 15 minutes and put it pack in.

Other wise go get the Dyna S. But I would also do a Coil relay Mod as that seems to really help the bigger bikes especially the 1100's.
 
Damn, I wish I knew whether that would fix it for sure or not. I may just replace it and the coils anyway.. Theres no guarantee reflowing the solder is going to fix it.
 
yoshisakan said:
Damn, I wish I knew whether that would fix it for sure or not. I may just replace it and the coils anyway.. Theres no guarantee reflowing the solder is going to fix it.
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60-70% of the time that will fix older units like you have.
 
posplayr said:
60-70% of the time that will fix older units like you have.
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Okay, is this the solder on the component inside that little black box? Or is it behind the signal generator. I will give it my best attempt. I am rather adept with a soldering iron and would prefer not having to drive 4 hours today and spending $320 in the process.
 
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yoshisakan said:
Okay, is this the solder on the component inside that little black box? Or is it behind the signal generator. I will give it my best attempt. I am rather adept with a soldering iron and would prefer not having to drive 4 hours today and spending $320 in the process.
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solder on the solder side. With a decent/clear iron you should just have to touch each pad.
 
update: I took apart the black box and resoldered the connections. Reconnected to bike, no effect. I then took off the signal generator, sprayed the mechanical advance with wd40 and wiped everything down. Put bike together and all cylinders fired. It worked for a few starts, then i tried to take it for a test ride and it was firing on 2 again.

Is there anyway to repair a signal generator? I don't want to buy a dyna because I am going to be installing a bandit 1200 motor over the winter. I'd just like to get my bike on the road for another month.
 
Hey all, I wanted to provide an update. All systems are now working! The dyna s ignition was installed and the bike idles and runs like it never has before. I learned a ton in the process about the bikes wiring. If you run into any problems, shoot me a pm and ill be glad to help.

many thanks.
 
yoshisakan said:
Hey all, I wanted to provide an update. All systems are now working! The dyna s ignition was installed and the bike idles and runs like it never has before. I learned a ton in the process about the bikes wiring. If you run into any problems, shoot me a pm and ill be glad to help.

many thanks.
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Congratulation, nothing more satisfying than fixing it yourself.
 
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