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Does anyone have any advice on how to trouble shoot the ignitor or have had issues with the ignitor. and if I have to replace it where is a good place to buy one.
1982 GS550L
1982 GS550L
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Oh brother you have asked a mouthful. Do some searches on the 550 igniter, there are tons of threads including my own "Igniter interchange project". While the past history for replacing these failed components has been bleak things are looking up.Does anyone have any advice on how to trouble shoot the ignitor or have had issues with the ignitor. and if I have to replace it where is a good place to buy one.
I'll give you a quick overview. The 550 ignitor seems to be plagued more than anyother in the GS lineup and as a consequence, used replacements are very scarce and hard to come by. It seems that the 550 series were more prone to overcharging problems that burned out the igniters. They are still available from Suzuki but cost around $690 or so. There are a couple of aftermarket types available at around the $270 mark and may require some engineering to the pickup plate ( Boyer Bransden from England).The cheapest aftermarket alternative would be the Dyna "S" but it does require the installation of a mechanical advancer from an earlier (points model) bike.
I have been successful in retro fitting the igniter and corresponding pickup coils from the 700/750 series and the details are in my thread already mentioned.If you are interested I can send you a copy of my tutorial in pdf format, just PM me. Another member (victorgallas) was successful in repairing his with new transistors and may be setting up to do these repairs. I am about to send my old one to him to see if he can replicate the fix.
The igniter can be checked and the procedures are outlined in a tutorial on BassCliffe's website http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...-ends.html#A11 and there is an additional test shown in the Suzuki manual.
As previously mentioned, a lot of these igniters were burned out by charging systems that produced over voltage so if and when you get a new igniter , you need to insure your charging system is running right or you'll likely burn out the new one too. Something to remember.
Good luck with it.
Cheers,
Spyug
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