Steven Simpson
XS650 Addict
can you send me a picture of that>?
Using a piece of wire with gator clips negates the need to hold the plug to the head and ensures a good ground. It basically removes the fallible human hand from the equation. If the plug sparks than your getting spark and your non-starting issues lay elsewhere. I recommend doing this with your lights (in the garage) off, sometimes the spark is hard to see in a well lit space especially while you're stomping on a kicker lever.So I do this and then touch the plug to bare metal like normal and should spark? And what does that tell me if it does..or doesn't? Thank you!
Did you ground and un-ground the coil to check for spark as I suggested?gotcha. will try tonight.
So, if my coil has correct power. rotor has power. Reg/Rec has power. Grounds checked out. Ohms from the coil and coil/plug wires checked out.
Still no spark. What could I move onto checking with next?
Hey Jim. I just tried this and when I pull the ground off. No spark but the ground obviously is sparking because there’s power to the coil. So what’s that mean. That process didn’t really make sense to me cause I disconnected the green from the coil. So how is that supposed to tell me ? Do I have to like kick the bike and pull the ground at the exact same time ?Did you ground and un-ground the coil to check for spark as I suggested?
No, all you are doing is charging the coil and seeing if it will discharge across the plugs.Do I need to be rotating the engine ? Still doesn’t really make sense to me!
Check for 12V at the ignition module on the red wire. 12volts?Oh shit . Never mind I got it. There is a small spark! Just got it.
so what does that eliminate next ?