01CandyBlue Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) I am getting desperate, I consider myself a pretty good electrician, I have never had to pay someone to look at anything I own. I am looking for the best of the best, send me your number or i'll send mine. If you can help me over the phone diagnose this electrical joke I will paypal you money for your time. It is not something easy or simple, I have power to the coil, no spark, good grounds, a clean harness, swapped coils, stator, cdi's, pickups, everything. I dont have an easy issue with a kill switch or something, I have tested everything. Let me know if you think you can help me, I am sitting here with the bike and all the tools right now, I want this thing running tonight!!! Edited January 15, 2008 by 01CandyBlue Quote
blowit Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 I am getting desperate, I consider myself a pretty good electrician, I have never had to pay someone to look at anything I own. I am looking for the best of the best, send me your number or i'll send mine. If you can help me over the phone diagnose this electrical joke I will paypal you money for your time. It is not something easy or simple, I have power to the coil, no spark, good grounds, a clean harness, swapped coils, stator, cdi's, pickups, everything. I dont have an easy issue with a kill switch or something, I have tested everything. Let me know if you think you can help me, I am sitting here with the bike and all the tools right now, I want this thing running tonight!!! Send me a PM with your number and I will give you a buzz. We can find it. I will supervise with my cell phone! Brandon Quote
01CandyBlue Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Posted January 15, 2008 Send me a PM with your number and I will give you a buzz. We can find it. I will supervise with my cell phone!Brandon pm sent Quote
sleeper06 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Pm me your number. Im an electrician by trade pm me if you dont get it Ive made three harnesses from scratch on buddies bikes Quote
01CandyBlue Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Posted January 15, 2008 Im an electrician by trade pm me if you dont get it Ive made three harnesses from scratch on buddies bikes sent Quote
jmd0346 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 Hope you get it figuered out. I still say its something simple. Somethings not wired right or that stator isnt putting out like it should. Quote
blowit Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) Any luck? Did you find a scope? Brandon Edited January 15, 2008 by blowit Quote
Bansh-eman Posted January 15, 2008 Report Posted January 15, 2008 have you tested the poer going to the coil? if its good have you tested the power coming out of the plugs? im just thinking that maybe your wires have either came loose inside the coil or have gotten wet or something and you fryed it Quote
Snopczynski Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 When I talked to him last night we found out he has 1 bad plug cap, and I was concerned about his engine being grounded to his cdi, and coil right. Never heard back though. Quote
01CandyBlue Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Posted January 17, 2008 I got fed up with it the other nite. I went back at it last nite, basically all that was there was the coil, the cdi, and the stator. The cdi had 4 inch long wires coming out of it. The coil had about 3 inches of each lead, and the stator had about a foot of wire on it. I had made temporary connections and run jumper wires to everything. I had been looking at the harness and how it works, and I realized I was only testing power to the coil wire where I had cut off the original and twisted a new jumper wire in. For curiosity I pulled off the 3 inch long wires I had left on the coil. I checked resistance and got a reading of 59 M of resistance. I changed the wire all the way to the coil and got immediate spark. It is so stupid but nothing I even thought to check for. I knew everything was working right and decided it had to be wiring. I really learned alot and should be a genius at diagnosing these things now. Anyways, thanks for those that helped, it finally just showed itself and the bike rips!!!v Quote
shee4speed Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 So who gets the dough you offered? Quote
blowit Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 I got fed up with it the other nite. I went back at it last nite, basically all that was there was the coil, the cdi, and the stator. The cdi had 4 inch long wires coming out of it. The coil had about 3 inches of each lead, and the stator had about a foot of wire on it. I had made temporary connections and run jumper wires to everything. I had been looking at the harness and how it works, and I realized I was only testing power to the coil wire where I had cut off the original and twisted a new jumper wire in. For curiosity I pulled off the 3 inch long wires I had left on the coil. I checked resistance and got a reading of 59 M of resistance. I changed the wire all the way to the coil and got immediate spark. It is so stupid but nothing I even thought to check for. I knew everything was working right and decided it had to be wiring. I really learned alot and should be a genius at diagnosing these things now. Anyways, thanks for those that helped, it finally just showed itself and the bike rips!!!v There ya go. Let those meters be your guide. Honestly, you showed the aptitude to figure it out, just needed to walk away for a while. As mentioned, we use certain tools to find problems like this but are not common in the garage shops. Simply checking continuity in every wire can generally get you on the right page. You bet that high resistance combined with such low amperage will equal, no flow. Glad you found the problem. Hopefully you can share the wealth of experience someday. Brandon Quote
Snopczynski Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 He definitely understood how it worked, we just had to change meter settings and soon he was checking resistance instead of continuity. Good Job! :biggrin: Quote
jmd0346 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 I got fed up with it the other nite. I went back at it last nite, basically all that was there was the coil, the cdi, and the stator. The cdi had 4 inch long wires coming out of it. The coil had about 3 inches of each lead, and the stator had about a foot of wire on it. I had made temporary connections and run jumper wires to everything. I had been looking at the harness and how it works, and I realized I was only testing power to the coil wire where I had cut off the original and twisted a new jumper wire in. For curiosity I pulled off the 3 inch long wires I had left on the coil. I checked resistance and got a reading of 59 M of resistance. I changed the wire all the way to the coil and got immediate spark. It is so stupid but nothing I even thought to check for. I knew everything was working right and decided it had to be wiring. I really learned alot and should be a genius at diagnosing these things now. Anyways, thanks for those that helped, it finally just showed itself and the bike rips!!!v LOL Told ya so. Quote
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