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    Advance timing rod

    Well the saga continues. I pulled the pamco off the housing and looked at the back of the board and found the ground had been blown. I repaired it and tried the test again and still got the same result when rotating the pamco rotor .04/0. Maybe the hall effect sensor is fried too?
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    Advance timing rod

    In was able to use the stock coil and the new caps to get a reading of 2.6 oahms from primary to primary and 17000 From plug terminal to plug terminal. I charged the battery to 12.9 volts which raised all the voltage readings except the green sensor lead from the pamco. That one stayed at .04...
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    Advance timing rod

    Pamcopete when you say "Install a separate fully charged battery to power the PAMCO regardless of whether or not you have a battery or capacitor with the PMA setup" do you mean I shouldn't have the regulator/rectifier connected to the battery? If so how will the pamco battery get charged? Sorry...
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    Advance timing rod

    thanks for all the help. I read a couple of threads including the troubleshooting guide. Testing the coil: 1; Using the lowest scale on the meter, measure the resistance between the primary terminals with the wires removed. 4.4 2; Using the highest scale on the meter, measure between one of the...
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    Advance timing rod

    Also since I'm getting 12.6 volts at both the green wire and the red wire off the pamco to the coils wouldn't that prove the e-advance is getting power? I tested the red wire on the pamco for voltage it came back 11.7 volts the green wire fluctuates between .01 volts and .05 volts depending on...
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    Advance timing rod

    MIKESXS sent the replacement rod and it arrived yesterday. I put it on the bike and now get no spark. The setup is a pamco with e-advance. I have it wired from the pamco to the e-advance color for color green to green red to red black to black. From the e-advance I have the black going to the...
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    Advance timing rod

    Thanks for the offer that's a good deal. Thankfully mikes xs is sending a replacement. I'll see how it goes.
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    Advance timing rod

    It's a mallet and shot bag for rough shaping metal. Works for getting real close to a finished surface. In Round Rock TX there's a place called Tech Shop. They have a metal shop that I use from time to time. Pretty cool place.
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    Advance timing rod

    I have access to a drill press. Gona try to clean up the end and drill them tap it and put a piece of threaded machine rod. I think it will hold with some red locktight.
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    Advance timing rod

    Ha thanks I plan on putting the stock front fender back on. Also working on a rear fender mount or just mallet bagging a rock guard for the rear. Thanks.
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    Advance timing rod

    That's possible I didn't use a torque wrench but I didn't get too carried away. I read on this group there have been a few reports of this problem. One member had it happen twice on back to back rods, 1 on each side. Maybe I can drill and thread it. Then use some threaded rod to hold the rotor on.
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    Advance timing rod

    Whats up guys I was wondering if anyone knows where I could source a timing advance rod for my 1980 xs650 in Austin TX. I bought and installed the "Ultimate Electronic Ignition with E-Advancer/XSCharge PMA Package" from mikes xs. It ran amazingly great for a few days then wouldn't start. I...
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    Mystery stumble between 1100 and 1700 rpms solved... Kind of.

    Thanks for the info. I pulled the coil off and tested it. It tested good and it was verified by a local shop owner when I took it to be looked at. During our conversation and story telling I told him about the battery test and he suggested it could the stator and that he also thought the coil...
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    Mystery stumble between 1100 and 1700 rpms solved... Kind of.

    Hello, sorry to make my introduction like this. I have been reading this forum since I bought an xs650 from CL a while back. Since I've owned it, it has never run well. It was stored for a while before I bought it. The po said it was running well when he put it up. It was running rough when I...
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