Ignition wiring question:

[aosmith]

So mhy rebuild is almost done i have to finish up wiring tonight and among that i have the coils to hook my plug wires are labeled 1 thru 4 and i assume that is right to left standing in front of the bike. But the four wire going onto the coils i cant figure out... anyone?

[justmount1]

well u just have to take the shorter one on each side and put it to the outside coil example: short on 1 & 4 long on 2&3

[Killer2600]

Would help to know what bike you have year/model, but in generic form one wire (not the ones going to the spark plug) of each coil goes to 12+ power feed, and the other goes to either your points/condensor or the ignitor box to trigger the coil.

[rustybronco]

labeled 1 thru 4 and i assume that is right to left standing in front of the bike.

The other way around.
#1 is on the right sitting on the bike facing forward.

[aosmith]

Thanks for the heads on 1-4 dale...
its on an 83 gs550e so i have a cdi box but there are four wires that plug into the coil from there (i know where the plug wires go as they are labeled) these are just 4 smaller wires (~20 ga.) i know that i need a ground and a 12v on each coil but how do i know which 12v goes to which coil?

[rustybronco]

Don't know if it will help it is for an 1985 but...

http://smokeriders.com/Technical/wiring_diagrams/wiring_diagrams.html

[renobruce]

The other way around.
#1 is on the right sitting on the bike facing forward.

NO! 1 through 4 is from the left to right, sitting on the bike. #1 is on the stator side, #4 is on the ignition side.

[rustybronco]

NO! 1 through 4 is from the left to right, sitting on the bike. #1 is on the stator side, #4 is on the ignition side.

I have it wrong, sorry reno is correct.

[LeeGS550E]

From the left, facing forward, it should go O/W, W, O/W, B/Y.