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Offline zackblack

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Question about coils
« on: July 29, 2011, 01:31:12 PM »
Ok so my coil wires were bad so I used the trick found here on the forum to replace them - everything good so far!

Here comes the issue -

I think i have the coil wires marked for the proper plugs but I just want to triple check.  Attached is a picture I drew of my coils (it's what they look like in my hand - not on the bike).  The wires are colour coded and the plug wires are labeled as to what I think is the proper order.

Can somebody go out and have a look at their coils and triple check this for me?  Or can somebody steer me in the proper direction as to where I can find the info out for myself?

Thanks.


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Re: Question about coils
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 01:52:52 PM »
zack Yes you have it correct.
Look in your service manual under ignition


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Offline zackblack

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Re: Question about coils
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 09:35:53 PM »
Thanks for the 411.

The manual was how I was "sorta" sure that I had the wires correct but the manual isn't really 100% black-n-white as to what goes where so I made this post to be triple sure.

Just one more question that I want to be "triple" sure on:

The plugs are numbered 1 2 3 4 from left to right correct?
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Re: Question about coils
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 09:46:52 PM »
Yep.
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Re: Question about coils
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 09:48:28 PM »
Why did you think your coils were bad?.... just wondered.....
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Re: Question about coils
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2011, 01:07:48 PM »
Quote from: Spanner 1 on July 29, 2011, 09:48:28 PM
Why did you think your coils were bad?.... just wondered.....

My wires were mushy inside (the middle insulation was tarry mush) and I wasn't getting a good reading with my meter on them so they needed to be replaced.

I preferred the $8.00 wire replacement over the $300.00 coil replacement  ;D
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