.png "Powered by vBulletin")
Hey everyone, I finally got on here. Hello again to those I met at Kevin's BBQ/carb sync party in Portland. So I guess I will start from the beginning for those of you not familiar with my problem. A few months ago my GS300L started bogging down suddenly and randomly. It felt like the engine power was cut in half and then abruptly it would jump back up to full power. It progressively started happening more frequently until about a month ago it pretty much always ran like that and was unridable. If it sat idling in this bogged down state it would often stall. Now it won't even start.
I took the carb to Kevin's party and we cleaned it (it wasn't that dirty though) and he boiled the body in simple green. I put it back on the bike and it still won't start. From this I am assuming the carb is fine. Check!
Today I went through the electrical and tested the signal generator, the coils, and the regulator/rectifier. I am not too good at electrical so I am not too sure as to what my readings meant so I thought I'd post them here for you guys to take a look. I've included what my manual has as the specs.
Coils (both L&R):
Primary winding= 4 ohms Spec: 3-5 ohms
Secondary winding= 12.7K ohms Spec: 22-33K
*This reading was obtained with the plug caps off. When tested with them on the reading jumped all over the place.
Signal Generator:
wires B/Bl - Br= 220 ohms* very jumpy reading (300-1000), not sure on this value
wires B/Bl - G/W= 230 ohms This reading was very clear
Spec for both above: 200-280 ohms
Regulator/Rectifier:
-On all normal direction tests meter read "1"
-On all reverse direction tests meter read around 580 except for R - B/W which was around 980
-Specs: Normal direction= continuity
Reverse direction= no continuity
From what I can see there are no loose connections or other visible problems. If anyone can offer any help or input I would greatly appreciate it.
I took the carb to Kevin's party and we cleaned it (it wasn't that dirty though) and he boiled the body in simple green. I put it back on the bike and it still won't start. From this I am assuming the carb is fine. Check!
Today I went through the electrical and tested the signal generator, the coils, and the regulator/rectifier. I am not too good at electrical so I am not too sure as to what my readings meant so I thought I'd post them here for you guys to take a look. I've included what my manual has as the specs.
Coils (both L&R):
Primary winding= 4 ohms Spec: 3-5 ohms
Secondary winding= 12.7K ohms Spec: 22-33K
*This reading was obtained with the plug caps off. When tested with them on the reading jumped all over the place.
Signal Generator:
wires B/Bl - Br= 220 ohms* very jumpy reading (300-1000), not sure on this value
wires B/Bl - G/W= 230 ohms This reading was very clear
Spec for both above: 200-280 ohms
Regulator/Rectifier:
-On all normal direction tests meter read "1"
-On all reverse direction tests meter read around 580 except for R - B/W which was around 980
-Specs: Normal direction= continuity
Reverse direction= no continuity
From what I can see there are no loose connections or other visible problems. If anyone can offer any help or input I would greatly appreciate it.
Comment