The cdi I opened is on my spare parts bike. It's not at home, for garage convenience. I will try to get it and take pictures next week end. The face to drill is the opposite of the connector. It's thin plastic, so, drill a small hole with some swill knife, for exemple near upper face of the module, and then enlarge it with a box cutter. You will soon see the opposite edge of the printed circuit board. On my module, there was a big patch of some glue, which became solid with time, sticking this pcb to the center of one face (don't remember if it was upper or lower) of the module. I guess if the hole you drilled is large enough, you can look into it, then introduce a thin knife in it and sense for this glue, force the knife beetween the plastic cdi case and glue to separate them - like we open oysters here to eat them crude : silly french -. Then pushing on the pcb while forcing a knife / screwdriver beetween the connector base and the cdi case should allow to get the pcb out with it's connector without damage. On my module, knowing not how it was assembled, I pulled on the connector only and broke it's pins.
At 13:28 02/06/2009 -0700, you wrote: >JPD - Thanks. > >I will try this because I think i can do it and then develope a BKM >for others to use. > >To confirm, the face to drill a hole on is the side opposite the face >the connectors are attached to, and center the hole on that panel. I'm >assuming I should just break the surface because the board is close to >the edge. > >At that point just figure out how to work the adhesive loose that >holds the board in. > >Do you by any chance have any pictures of the internals of one? I did >a web search but came up dry. > >Thanks, > >Paul > >On Jun 2, 1:46 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi > > There are two cdi models. One has four screws on the top and can be easily > > opened. The other one is kina sealed : what you see on connector side is > > the top of the connector, and if you pull on it, using a knife or > > screwdriver inserted in the slot, you break the pins of this connector > > soldered on the printed circuit board, itself glued to the internal face of > > the module (old glue gets very solid). Only way to open it : drill/cut > > carefully a 1/2" hole on the opposite face and, while pulling on the > > connector, push on the edge of the pcb firmly to loosen the glue > > attachment. After repair, stick something to close the hole. > > Regards > > JPD > > > > At 14:53 01/06/2009 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > >Hi, oh my poor Nighthawk. > > > > >Well i tried to start up this 83 NH 650 that i bought not running > > >after 10yrs of stored in garge (allegedly it did not have any issues > > >when stored dry w/o fuel) and found i have no spake on the the two > > >center cylinders. > > > > >Swapping wires from the ingnition control module to the two coils > > >shows the (one controls outer cylinders and one the inner cyclinders) > > >shows the coils are good. The pulse generators ohm out at the upper > > >end of teh spec - roughly 360 ohms - so those seem to be ok. > > > > >The only thing left is the ignition control module that if the > > >diagnosis is correct is providing the neccessare inputs to one coil > > >and not the other. > > > > >Does this sound right? > > > > >These are pretty expensive - any ideas on where to find one other than > > >Ebay? > > > > >Is there as way to repair these? (I was a reference to someone > > >replacing the electolytic capacitors in one - but the unit looks > > >seeled so not sure how to acccess these or even if it is possible.) > > > > >Anything else i should check (I've checked all connections and traced > > >wires for continuity). > > > > >Thanks for any help. > > > > >Paul- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
