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Did I burn out my Accel coils or something else.

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Check the R/R using the test I posted earlier. A bad R/R can boil a battery dry so check it too. Too much voltage can burn out all kinds of stuff. On a 500 mile trip once my bike boiled the battery dry, which in turn shorted and took out just about every bulb and the tach with it. R/R was putting out something just over 16 volts at the time. Replaced the one I had replaced early in the bike's life with the one that came on the bike new. It tested okay and the voltage dropped to normal levels.
 
Ok, thank you for all your quick replies.

The R/R is still on the bike, but I took one of the old ones inside to see if the test worked. I went through the first string of tests and all the reading were approximately 2.5 but under the 6.something number you posted, so I guess that one is bad.

I'll pull the one that's currently on the bike off tomorrow and test it.
 
Ok

Ok

Just ordered an Electrex R/R

and I'm trying to find some coils.

I'll solder all connections, clean fuse block and other connections, test the coils when I receive them, install the R/R and coils at the same time, test the voltage, make sure the battery is good and charged, then test the voltage while running and then test the AC output on the stator.

Sound like a good plan?
 
does it matter what size (cc) Katana or GSXR? What about GS 550 or other GS models?
 
Any size GSXR, Katana, or Bandit will do. Just stay away from the last few years of GSXR's. They have individual coils on each plug. Don't waste time and money on GS coils. Go for something newer.
 
Thanks for all your time. I got a set of GS 1150 coils from a board member for $25. I figure I'll use these while trouble shooting my elect. problem then when I get everything straightenened out I'll get a set of Dynas.
 
Well I got another set of coils and I still have absolutely no spark. What do I do now?
 
on our coils if you get the feed lines reversed then it can show either no spark or wrong spark. ive run into this when replacing the plug wires.
 
which ones are you calling the feed lines, the ignition side of the coils or the high voltage plug wires?? I assume you mean the ones feeding from the ignition right?

I have a Dyna ignition. There is a red, white and black wire coming out of that.

The red goes to the orange hot wire under the seat, then it goes to a Y to the positive side on each coil. The black and white go to the other side of each coil.

I put a test light on it and I have hot to the orange terminals on each coil, and the black terminal is showing hot on the negative side. The white is not hot.
 
Why are the Suzuki coils labelled positive and negative on the ignition side but the Accel coils are not labelled at all?
 
at100plus said:
I put a test light on it and I have hot to the orange terminals on each coil, and the black terminal is showing hot on the negative side. The white is not hot.
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have you rotated the engine to see if the hot lead changes from the black to the white?
 
No not yet, I went to bed. I'm going to look at it again Sunday, (I'm working a double today). So hopefully you guys will have some more ideas for me when I get back...
 
I hope I didn't damage the Dyna ignition......?

I hope I didn't damage the Dyna ignition......?

Ok, the answer is no. Rotating the engine doesn't change anything.

I did some testing. Again, I have a Dyna ignition in place of the points.

There is a red wire and a white wire coming out of one side of the ignition module. The other module has a red and black wire. The four wires go into a grey sheathing. At the other end, only 3 wires come out. They are - black, white and only ONE red wire. This has not changed since the bike was running. I ran new wires from there to the new coils. The new coils are testing 4 ohms. They are supposed to be 3 ohms right?

TESTING:

KEY OFF - All 4 wires test negative with a test light

KEY ON - All wires become positive but white remains negative.

If I disconnect the white from the coil, KEY OFF is dim negative and key on makes the test light brighter.

CONTINUITY - Red wire at the ignition has continuity with positive wires on coils. White wire has continuity with engine block.
 
Mixing wires up.

Mixing wires up.

Someone suggested above that maybe I don't have the coils hooked up right. But now that I think of it, hooking them up wrong would still give some spark wouldn't it. If all the spark plugs are out of the bike connected to the wires and the threads are grounded, how do the plugs know what order they need to be in?
 
Thank you for posting that. I think that confirms that I have blown the Dyna S module.

I have power to the red wires and to the + on each coil. When I lost spark on 1 and 4, I switched the coils and then lost spark on 2 and 3 instead. Then it died completely.

I guess I gotta buy another Dyna S - Damn! Well at least maybe my Accel coils are still good I hope.
 
If you check their website they tell you what values the coils should test at.
 
You've been a great help, I'll let you know how I make out. Where's the best place to get a replacement Dyna S?
 
Couldn't say for sure about a replacement ignition. Maybe Dennis Kirk.
 
Called Scott at Dynatech (626) 963-1669. I'm going to send it out for repair.
 
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