Listen to this guy. Exaclty what needs to be done here. I would even suggest pulling the plug caps and jambing the plug wires dirrectly onto the plug if it will stay put while starting. I had a 95' cr500 that had a plug cap go bad and trouble shot for hours. In a final attempt, I just figured what the hell.....I pulled the the plug cap off the wire a jambed the wire onto the top of the plug and she ripped on the 1st kick. Just sayin. If you don't hove an ohm meter, this would be an easy way to bypass.