And remember that the ignition pulsers give very low currents in the wires / connectors, which is the ideal situation to get oxydisation of these connectors, higher impedance and loss of sparks at some rpm. Just open these connectors and wash them with electrical contact cleaner and a teethbrush.
At 20:21 01/06/2009 -0700, you wrote: >I was right, you lost two cylinders. No "I told you so's" Coming soon to >this forum is an instance of my being only half right (better than being >half a%ed) Stay tuned. >Now on to your problem. If you are up for it, you can exchange the >individual wires at the CDI and see if the coil is bad or the pulser has >failed. You have to remove the wires and the connectors from the plugs to >do this operation, but given the cost involved, I'd rather be secure in >what has to be replaced before spending. You do / do not have the manual ? >I will scan the pages if you need them. >--- On Mon, 6/1/09, Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>From: Dennis <[email protected]> >>Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Formerly 700SC Carbs - now ignition >>To: [email protected] >>Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 7:56 PM >> >>Dennis, >> >>I opened the screw on each of the four bowls and had gas in each. >> >>Then I pulled the four spark plugs out and attached each to its plug wire >>and laid all of them on the metal fins and cranked the bike over. The >>two inner plugs, which correspond to the coil on the right had >>spark. The two outer plugs had no spark. I think the non-sparkers are >>both driven by the coil on the left as you face forward. >> >>That's the news so far. >> >>I'm going to see how hard it is to remove the coils so I can check all >>their connections and measure their primary and secondary >>resistances. But I am open to 'what's next suggestions". >> >>Cheers, >> >>Dennis Gallagher >>- Seattle >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
