1980 550 Ignition

[Guest]

Trying to diagnose a no spark situation. I have power going to the coils (test light confirmed), power going to igniter. I am bridging the starter directly to the battery so I am eliminating switches. I bridged power over the start button and kill switch as well so it's constant switched power that I know is reliable. Power in and out of the fuse box. I have the signal generator ignition and no points is there a way to test the signal generator is working? Clymer manual is ambiguous about this procedure. All 6 wires that are connected to the ignitor have good continuity with their respective components so I am pretty confident everything is connected properly.

[tom203]

Have a look here...

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff/images/electrical_odd-n-ends.html#A17

Sadly the 550 ignitors are troublesome...make sure that you understand how things are supposed to work. The ignitor allows current to flowthru itself and an ignition coil, then a signal from the signal coil causes the ignitor to open this circuit, thereby causing the secondary side of the ignition coil to "collapse" producing a spark that leaps the two plug gaps connected to that ignition coil - same principal as points suddenly opening. It's tough to test this action and draw a conclusion. Many members have just upgraded to a dynaS system which eliminates the stock ignitor and signal coils. Sounds like you have check connections.

[jordandenmark1]

I appreciate it. I thought the Dyna S was only good to replace the points ignition. If it can replace these early electronic ones too then I'll give it a shot. Thanks friend.