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Offline calj737

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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #50 on: June 26, 2014, 06:11:26 AM »
Must have been an overlapping post. Glad he got it sorted. Now, let's get yours sorted too!

Have you checked the resistance at the coils and plug caps yet? If so, what do you get? I see where you're getting a lower voltage, but what's the ohms for these components from your multimeter?
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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #51 on: June 26, 2014, 06:25:37 AM »
I haven't checked the resistance at the coils. Do I measure between the blue and the white/black then from the blue to the resistor cap?


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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #52 on: June 26, 2014, 08:54:23 AM »
One more thing when going from point to electronic stuff as Pamco or Dyna that i have experienced. Points work as springs pushing on the cam used with the points.
The elctronic ignition has a rotor that rotates rather free instead of the points rotor. This will rotate a little bit too good anding up in full advanced ignition direct on idle causing soitting carbs and really black plugs.

You need to adjust the springs in the advancer unit to avoid this early advance.
I cut the springs and freshened them up. After that OK with ignition  at Idle and full advance at 2700 rpm.
You can try to stiff one of the springs to start with so ignition will be spot on F at idle and full avdvance at 2500rpm

Here is how I did it when I did it. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=131339.msg1464986#msg1464986
I got inspiration from older threads in this forum. I think it was Hondaman that learned us this useful knowledge.
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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #53 on: June 26, 2014, 02:58:16 PM »

Quote from: PeWe on June 26, 2014, 08:54:23 AM
One more thing when going from point to electronic stuff as Pamco or Dyna that i have experienced. Points work as springs pushing on the cam used with the points.
The elctronic ignition has a rotor that rotates rather free instead of the points rotor. This will rotate a little bit too good anding up in full advanced ignition direct on idle causing soitting carbs and really black plugs.

You need to adjust the springs in the advancer unit to avoid this early advance.
I cut the springs and freshened them up. After that OK with ignition  at Idle and full advance at 2700 rpm.
You can try to stiff one of the springs to start with so ignition will be spot on F at idle and full avdvance at 2500rpm

Here is how I did it when I did it. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=131339.msg1464986#msg1464986
I got inspiration from older threads in this forum. I think it was Hondaman that learned us this useful knowledge.

Thanks for the tip, my advance unit has no slop or play it's nice and firm.

Even if the springs were weak causing it to advance at idle it would still start and I wouldn't have a weak spark so that's definitely not my problem.


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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #54 on: June 27, 2014, 10:28:09 AM »
You might want to remove the coils and clean the spots that show bare metal as they need a good ground there....very important as a crappy ground would add a good amount of resistance.
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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #55 on: June 27, 2014, 05:40:21 PM »
This sounds very confusing.

If it were me, I would drop the points/condensers back in... confirm a good working system.. then come back to the Dyna.

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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #56 on: June 27, 2014, 09:08:28 PM »
Okay so I put on brand new dyna coils and leads, I pulled all my plugs and they have a very very very weak spark. What can cause this?


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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #57 on: June 27, 2014, 11:27:42 PM »
was the dyna unit new?
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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #58 on: June 28, 2014, 12:19:57 AM »
Problem solved! I installed another dyna unit it seems mine was faulty from factory!  Thanks for all the help!


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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #59 on: June 28, 2014, 03:59:09 AM »
Great news !  Sucks that the dyna unit was bad out of the box. Happy riding !
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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #60 on: June 28, 2014, 05:35:28 AM »

Quote from: Calumjs on June 28, 2014, 12:19:57 AM
Problem solved! I installed another dyna unit it seems mine was faulty from factory!  Thanks for all the help!


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Can you post pic of the faulty unit?
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Re: Need Help with Dyna electronic ignition install
« Reply #61 on: June 28, 2014, 07:20:17 AM »



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