Happy or Worried ? - mystery fix

[rustybronco]

Paint stripper will also soften or dissolve the vinyl on the wiring, on the caps and the plastic I.C.'s. Be careful if you intend on using it.

[sedelen]

On the one banger GN400s, the ignitor goes south and the timing won't advance, the bike then only goes 40 mph.
I said "what the hell" and tore the metal box off of mine.

then pried off the potting with a screwdriver on the pc foil side.

6 bad solder joints later, the bike was fixed.

I would try to yank off the potting and check for bad solder joints..that's usually what goes bad cause it's a mechanical thing.hot/cold flexing the joints.

Believe it to be podded with rock hard epoxy.

[Big T]

Gregory

When you checked your fuse box, did you check the back?

Take it off the panel, turn it over and pull off the plastic plate on the back and check out the connections

You may be surprised at what you find

[Gregory]

Hi BigT.

Yep I did look inside the back of the fuse box and it looked clean. I ran a toothbrush across all the connections in an effort to "scrub them up" I couldnt understand how I could take everything out of the plastic without breaking the solder.

It's been a few days since I have dorked with it, but maybe this weekend I can get back out to look at it. In addition to the ignition mystery issue, I found that I am going to follow the stator papers diagnostics because the voltage is too low at idle. I will redo all the connections I can see.