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Greg, This one? "Please give me the link to the thread. Pete On 4/19/2019 10:10 AM, Gregory L. Johnson wrote: Pete Last March I purchased a PAMCO with e-advance for my Yamaha 650.Receipt No: 3471-3684-2709-7816 Since getting it running it as developed a problem. When it warms up it looses...

When did you buy it and from whom?

When did you buy it and under what name? I'll PM you with return instructions.

gggGary and Tim Beck Thank you very much. I like to think that I did make the experience of owning and riding a XS650 that much more enjoyable.

gggGary, The time has come, as it does with all good things, to move on. I have had a very good run with PAMCO ignitions for the past 11 years, but it is time to move on. I sincerely want to thank all of the many XS650 riders who have installed my products on their motorcycles and, hopefully...

The offset in the advancer replacement is correct. And gggGary, there was no deal. I have not sold XS650 ignitions to a distributor for over a year.

Was that an E-Ignition you ordered?

Remember that the dual output coil produces a positive Voltage to one of the spark plugs and a negative to the other. The timing light will only work properly on the negative Voltage wire, so you really can't check the spark on each wire to their respective cylinder. You have to determine which...

2Many, Well, the dual output coil is a single coil that has to jump two spark plug gaps because the gaps are effectively in series. If the gap is .030, then that amounts to a .060 effective gap to "jump". Once the gaps are breached, the effective resistance of the gaps decreases greatly, so the...

Whatever happens on the secondary is reflected on the primary, meaning that if you have a high performance coils, you may experience shortened points life without some resistance in the plugs or caps, but the original OEM coils are so anemic that resistance doesn't do anything except reduce the...

Modern electronic ignitions produce a very high Voltage to the spark plugs. After the initial spark across the spark plug gap, it's important to reduce the current that actually flows during the spark to reduce the current through the tip of the spark plug to reduce the erosion of the tip. That...

To really get old spark plugs clean, never mind the sand blaster, brushes etc. Just soak them in battery acid for a couple of hours.

A dual output coil such as used on the XS650 produces a negative voltage for one spark plug and a positive for the other. The magic of Iridium spark plugs is the ability of the tip to get very hot without self destructing. This hot tip then acts to promote the emission of electrons from the...

I think there is a slight misconception here about shutting off the pet cocks. If you leave the pet cocks on, then the more aromatic components of the gasoline will evaporate from the carbs which does two things. The word "aromatic" tells us what the first thing is, but the evaporation also...

How are you checking for spark?