How to hook up stock coils

[Guest]

I went back to stock coils but I'm not sure how to hook them up. There is a positive and negative post coming out of them but I don't know where to hook up the wires coming off of the contact breaker and the wires coming off the starter button. I have the HAYNES manual but it's not showing anything about the coils.

[chuck hahn]

maybe a wiring diagram or service manual with one here. Note that at the bottom of the menu theres another tab that says MORE MANUALS HERE for a list of many more.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

[akaerik21]

Thanks for the links but I was still not able to find a diagram with the positive and negative marks on it.

[Steve]

In the words of member "bwringer":
"Although the GSR hive-mind is omniscient and nearly omnipotent, we are not yet clairvoyant."

One thing that would help answer your question would be if you would please give us a clue what bike you are working on.

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[BigD_83]

78 550E according to this thread:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?p=1931506#post1931506

[akaerik21]

Sorry, yes its for a 78 gs 550E, I guess I just assumed this negative positive thing would be standard across the board, but I guess not.

[Steve]

Yes, it's somewhat standard, but earlier bikes, like yours, have points, bikes from '80 and up have electronic ignition, and the connections are different.

On your bike, the orange/white wires will go to the coil + terminal (on both coils), the white wire will go to the coil (probably the left one) that fires 1&4, the black wire will go to the coil (probably the right one) that fires 2&3.

And, ... there should not be any wires going to the coil that are connected to the starter button.

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