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Engine and Bottom End / Bad cdi?

« on: June 02, 2014, 08:49:08 PM »

Exactly why I came on here to ask. Apparently I misunderstood the manual. That's why I wasn't sure because I know the capacitor doesn't discharge until it is signaled by the pulse generator so I didn't think that circuit should always have almost no resistance. Like I said the stator tested fine but I have read elsewhere that the stator might test ok but still be bad. Guess my next step will be pulling the flywheel. There was some corrosion inside cover when I pulled it. Another thing not sure if it matters but the blk/rd wire from stator lights a test light and blk/w wires from cdi that go to key and bar switches also lights test light. Have been doing my testing with the blk/w wires not connected to switches thereby eliminating any bad switches.

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Engine and Bottom End / Bad cdi?

« on: June 02, 2014, 07:39:24 PM »

Sorry if I made it sound confusing. Coil primary and secondary are both reading in spec. I was testing the wires coming out of the cdi witch the manual states should be .1-.3 but mine is reading max. This tells me that somewhere within the cdi the circuit is either shorted or disconnected. Again the blk/y wire from cdi that goes to coil not the coil itself. Does anyone know of any other reason y this would happen or is it just a bad cdi?

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Engine and Bottom End / Bad cdi?

« on: June 02, 2014, 09:57:52 AM »

Might be able to find one to borrow. I tried checking resistance between 2 wires that go to coil and the meter reads same as it does when it's not connected to anything. I'm assuming that this is the max resistance. Service manual states .1-.3 ohms I think so this would mean the cucuit is broken somewhere. It's not the ground because I tried several and they worked for the other circuits.

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Engine and Bottom End / Bad cdi?

« on: June 02, 2014, 09:19:45 AM »

So I list spark a while back. Finally got service manual in April. Ohmed out everything yesterday and all is good but trying to ohm coil circuit(bl/y wire) and meter doesn't even read. Does this mean cdi is bad? Dumb question probably but just want to make sure I'm not missing something. Thinking maybe pin not contacting inside cdi or circuit broken somewhere inside it. So should I buy a cdi?