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Offline kippstakes

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My spark wires are no longer numbered and I wanted to double check that I have the correct wires going to their corresponding cylinder.

I have 1/4 on the right coil, and 2/3 on the left.
Does this sound correct?

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Re: 74 cb550k which coils wires go to which cylinders, quick question
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2017, 02:36:51 PM »
1/4 to coil with yellow points wire into ir


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Re: 74 cb550k which coils wires go to which cylinders, quick question
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2017, 02:51:17 PM »
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I have 1/4 on the right coil, and 2/3 on the left.
Right so.
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1/4 to coil with yellow points wire into ir
Wrong. 1+4 has blue wire, yellow is for 2+3.
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Re: 74 cb550k which coils wires go to which cylinders, quick question
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2017, 03:00:53 PM »
Thank you. I appreciate the help.
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Re: 74 cb550k which coils wires go to which cylinders, quick question
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2017, 03:24:17 PM »
You can tell by the length of the plug wire, for future reference.
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Re: 74 cb550k which coils wires go to which cylinders, quick question
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2017, 03:49:28 PM »
You can tell by the length of the plug wire, for future reference.

Sure, that makes sense. Thank you.
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Re: 74 cb550k which coils wires go to which cylinders, quick question
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2017, 03:55:33 PM »
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I have 1/4 on the right coil, and 2/3 on the left.
Right so.
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1/4 to coil with yellow points wire into ir
Wrong. 1+4 has blue wire, yellow is for 2+3.
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