| no spark on honda [message #448863] |
Sun, 25 September 2005 04:04 |
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trying to fix up my old trail 90 and getting stuck. Right now I am not
getting spark at the plug. It is a new plug and I replaced and
adjusted the points today. put a new battery in today too. I am
getting spark at the points, but nothing at the plug. what to try next?
condenser? plug wire? Help.
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| Re: no spark on honda [message #448865 ] |
Sun, 25 September 2005 04:28 |
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<mdhickman [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1127613889.409308.184780 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> trying to fix up my old trail 90 and getting stuck. Right now I am not
> getting spark at the plug. It is a new plug and I replaced and
> adjusted the points today. put a new battery in today too. I am
> getting spark at the points, but nothing at the plug. what to try next?
> condenser? plug wire? Help.
>
I'd replace the condenser, really good chance that this is the problem.
el Diablo
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| Re: no spark on honda [message #448871 ] |
Sun, 25 September 2005 15:44 |
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mdhick... [at] comcast.net wrote:
> trying to fix up my old trail 90 and getting stuck. Right now I am not
> getting spark at the plug. It is a new plug and I replaced and
> adjusted the points today. put a new battery in today too. I am
> getting spark at the points, but nothing at the plug. what to try next?
> condenser? plug wire? Help.
Does that motorbike have a battery-and-coil ignition system, or does it
have an energy transfer magneto?
If it's battery-and-coil, you should get battery voltage on the
positive terminal of the coil when you turn the key on. You would have
a wire going from the switch to the ignition coil. That means you need
a good battery in the motorbike.
If it's an energy transfer magneto, you have a low voltage coil inside
the flywheel and the spinning magnets induce electicity in the ignition
coil on the frame. You wouldn't need a battery. The wire from the
ignition switch would ground out the ignition points when you turned
the switch off. You wouldn't even need the ignition switch connected to
the wiring harness and the engine would start.
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| Re: no spark on honda [message #485378 ] |
Mon, 24 October 2005 00:37 |
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"" wrote:
> trying to fix up my old trail 90 and getting stuck. Right now
> I am not
> getting spark at the plug. It is a new plug and I replaced
> and
> adjusted the points today. put a new battery in today too. I
> am
> getting spark at the points, but nothing at the plug. what to
> try next?
> condenser? plug wire? Help.
Did you ever get spark at the plug? What was the problem? I’m having
the same issue with an old bike with a points ig system.
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| Re: Re: no spark on honda [message #485379 ] |
Mon, 24 October 2005 00:37 |
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"PeteJC" wrote:
> Did you ever get spark at the plug? What was the problem?
> I'm having the same issue with an old bike with a points ig
> system.
I’ve got spark! I had wired my coil, condenser and points wrong after
tearing down and cleaning everything. I looked in the manual and did
some searches.
Condenser always goes between the coil and the points.
On my 74 XL175 K1 :
-Black/White stripe wire from wiring harness female plugs into coil
black/White stripe male.
-Blue coil female to condenser male.
-Condenser Female to Points Male.
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| Re: Re: no spark on honda [message #485385 ] |
Mon, 24 October 2005 02:12 |
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PeteJC <DoNotEmail [at] www.motorcycleforumz.com> wrote in news:7519536_
8a3c468d4ed204d516a5dc578a2eb28a [at] motorcycleforumz.com:
> "PeteJC" wrote:
> > Did you ever get spark at the plug? What was the problem?
> > I'm having the same issue with an old bike with a points ig
> > system.
>
> I’ve got spark! I had wired my coil, condenser and points wrong after
> tearing down and cleaning everything. I looked in the manual and did
> some searches.
> Condenser always goes between the coil and the points.
> On my 74 XL175 K1 :
> -Black/White stripe wire from wiring harness female plugs into coil
> black/White stripe male.
> -Blue coil female to condenser male.
> -Condenser Female to Points Male.
>
I'll bet you not forget that soon. (;>)
pierce
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