I knew you had feelings for me, but geez! I'm flattered :) -Kyle
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love you too.. > > --- On *Sun, 9/28/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Coils? > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 1:37 AM > > > Don't worry, my contempt for satan, err, the dealership is directed mostly > towards the 300% markup parts counter guys. The fact that they will come > down drastically in price so easily when pitted against eachother shows that > they're ridiculously marked up. Yeah, we had the tester hooked up to both > leads. They ran fine at first, but after running for a while they started to > fail. At different intervals ofcourse as one was in worse shape than the > other. I too am hesistant to replace parts without making sure that's the > part that is bad, I'm also hesitant to break down on a houston freeway > during rushhour again. And then there's the ants... > > -Kyle > -Ormiga! > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> yeah, I have one of those testers. Did you check the plug cap resistance? >> They should be 5~10 meg each. If you examined the schematic for the bike you >> will see that the output side of the coils is actually a loop. In effect, >> one plug fires from the center electrode and the other from the ground >> strap. Both at the same time. One fires on an exhaust stroke while the other >> is on a compression stroke. With this in mind, if one plug wire is off, both >> cease to function since the loop is broken. Now when the tester is used by >> an amateur, it can show a bad component. I don't agree with the jump start >> theory but anything is possible. I don't recall ever replacing a coil set on >> one of those. The failure rate is below .3%. I have replaced pulse coils on >> a fair number of those bikes. Failure is due to heat. Check resistance of >> those cold and hot. All I'm trying to do is completely confirm failed >> component. If you are satisfied with the results as it stands now, replace >> with OEM. One of my guys has a CB650sc with over 38k on it and all original >> electrics. >> Now I'll duck while all you dealer haters respond. >> >> --- On *Sat, 9/27/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Coils? >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 1:32 AM >> >> >> One was just out of specs, the other one had infinite resistance. I then >> took it to the local cycle shop that had a fancy ignition coil tester. Nifty >> adapter on the end kind of like a dummy sparkplug you could screw in and out >> to adjust the gap on the fly. One coil could just barely make a spark at >> less than 1/4 inch, the other could spark almost twice that. Both petered >> out after a few minutes, after they warmed up. I know the odds of both going >> bad are twice as unlikely, but one was definitely worse than the other. That >> explains why it felt like my bike was only running on 2 cyls before it >> crapped out completely the other day when it was hot. And after a few >> minutes cooling off it would run, but again like it was on half its cyls. >> Then after I let it set for 30 mins it cranked up and ran on all cyls, even >> if it was still missing occasionally. One of the only situations I can think >> of that would cause both coils to fail around the same time would be jump >> starting off of a running car. I'm afraid that if the previous owner tried >> that I may have more than just coil problems. This bike has had ever single >> electrical system knackered in some form or another. >> >> -Kyle >> -picked up "knackered" from watching TopGear ;) >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> How did you determine that ? Do you know what the odds of both going bad >>> at the same are ? Fall back and regroup. Fill me in. >>> >>> --- On *Fri, 9/26/08, Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>> >>> From: Kyle Munz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Coils? >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 3:06 PM >>> >>> I finally got a chance to take a break from himmicane cleanup to look at >>> my bike today. Turns out the coils are dead, or we don't know how to work a >>> multimeter. I'm fairly confident in my multimeter skills so I'm going to go >>> with dead coils. Anyone have any recommendations on aftermarkets or stick >>> with OEM? >>> >>> -Kyle >>> -83CB650SC >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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