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Offline arblebang

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83 Magna 1100 electrical question
« on: March 17, 2011, 01:00:31 PM »
Hi all in addition to my cb750's I also have a 83 Magna that I just started work on. It doesn't run, 2 cylinders have no spark, two have a very weak spark. I swapped out the coils for a similar set of Sabre coils, no improvement, could anybody tell me the ohm testing procedure for checking out the igniter boxes? And what is the procedure for testing the coils?

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Offline Stretch

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Re: 83 Magna 1100 electrical question
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 08:06:46 PM »
Hows your battery? These things don't like weak batteries. Swap the ignition boxes and see if the bad spark follows.
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Re: 83 Magna 1100 electrical question
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2011, 12:31:48 AM »
Battery is good, thats a good idea thanks Im gonna swap em tomorrow and see what happens

Offline mrrch

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Re: 83 Magna 1100 electrical question
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2011, 09:57:51 AM »
+1 on swapping the spark units
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Re: 83 Magna 1100 electrical question
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2011, 12:38:28 PM »
Thanks guys got it sorted out, we are running great now.