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Coils? or Something else?

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The bike was running on 3 cylinders i though it was the carburator or the wire or plug

Pull of the tank and saw that i did put the spark plug wires the wrong way...


Before it was running on all cyliners other than the 2nd cylinder front the right. (#2 cylinder)

now that i put the coils on the right order

left side coil on two left cylinders and right coil on two right cylinders

it fires only 1 and 3 cylinder (front the left...) juice on those two cylinders comes from two differnet coils...

ps: the 3rd cylinder that didnt run before runs now... so it has to be electrical the problem, Need New Coils?


What can be the problem...


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This is the plug from one of the non firing cylinders
 
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The coils should be firing 1-4 and 2-3. Not sure of the placement as far as which one is mounted left and which one is mounted right on your bike but I'm sure of the firing order. If I were you, I would try the left one connected to plugs 1 and 4. Then connect the right one to plugs 2 and 3. If that's wrong, switch them and you've got it.

HTH.
 
i am not 100% sure either but i agree with don. On my '79 850 i know one coil is for 1-4 and the other is for 2-3. I had electrical issue last summer and thought it may have been the coil. Turned out to be the ignitor. Replaced it and the number 4 started to fire. I don't know how to test the ignitor though. I think Basscliff has a manual on his website for it.
 
don_gibb6512 said:
I would try the left one connected to plugs 1 and 4. Then connect the right one to plugs 2 and 3. If that's wrong, switch them and you've got it.
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This is correct, as long as you remember which side of the bike is the right side.
Astroman said:
Before it was running on all cyliners other than the 2nd cylinder front the right. (#2 cylinder)
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All references to left and right are made as if you are riding the bike.
#1 is on the LEFT side, which is under your LEFT hand, which is on the clutch.
#4 is on the RIGHT side, which is under your RIGHT hand, which is on the throttle.

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don_gibb6512 said:
The coils should be firing 1-4 and 2-3. Not sure of the placement as far as which one is mounted left and which one is mounted right on your bike but I'm sure of the firing order. If I were you, I would try the left one connected to plugs 1 and 4. Then connect the right one to plugs 2 and 3. If that's wrong, switch them and you've got it.

HTH.
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Ok for some strange reason the right side coil should be on the left side.. when i switch the wires from the left coil to the right side cylinders and the opposite from the right side coil the bike fires up and runs on all 4 cylinders!!

tks!


im getting a pair of Dyna Coils anyway...

Im amazed of the power this old motor has....:eek: very similar to my old ZRX1200 :clap:
 
Sounds like the wires from the ignitor to the coils have gotten swapped. No problem, just remember that for future reference.

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Then I put my Dyna coils in backwards. :-#
But I don't think so.
I had the coil out today because I was arcing on the frame. :o
 
The factory wiring diagram shows the wires to the 1-4 coil on the LEFT side of the bike. You may have switched yours around & it would still work. Ray.
 
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