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TWOMANYXS1Bs Thank you thank you thank you...I took a really good meter home from work last night and that did it!!! my meter was i guess picking up the noise and giving me a bad reading. the one good thing that came of this is i now have the best grounded bike in Vancouver and i learned a...

Hey there Chizler the Sparks cap is mounted just under the coils with lots of wind getting to it and i always run a fan on the bike when idle testing it.. Tomterrific i think the Sparks cap is 10,000 but not sure, lots of guys useing this cap with good results and its the one that comes with...

Thank you TWO MANY so you say the 5 ohm plug cap is just for radio noise OK that makes sence, i am at work right now so i will get a better meter from the shop and see if that gives me a different reading...you say i should be useing a higher ohm rated coil, i may be misinformed here but i was...

Also the brake bulb seems to last a long time ( probably not as sensitive to volts?) and after about 40 -50 hours on the bike the coils start to fail...i have used stock coils and mikes green coil and now have a dyna coil on it...not riding the bike scene i put new points coils condenser reg/rec...

I use halogens H4 12 volt 60/55 , but i am sure correct me if i am wrong even if i am running a cap i should see about 12-14 volts at the head light bucket. but that far up the line it is as i say jumping around so fast i cant say for sure what i am getting but i see flashes as high as 19 and...

Hmm interesting, never thought about that, but i did swap out the cap with a dead bike battery for a test...it did give a slightly more steady reading right by the reg/rec steady at 12.4 (idle) but still went nuts up the line??? would a good battery test different?? But now you have me thinking...

Hello all i hope someone can help me with this... this is a long story but ill try to keep it short so you keep reading...my problem is that the voltage goes crazy as soon as i test up the line from my reg/rec ....my set up right now.. all my wires are on quick connects or pig tails until i...

HEY THERE DEPENDABLE, I USED THE LINK THAT MRRIGGS SENT ME ( IT'S IN THIS THREAD ) THAT GAVE ME WEAR TO PUT THE MARKS ON MY CASE THEN TOOK OUT MY SPARKPLUG AND FOUND TOP DEAD CENTER AND MADE A MARK FOR THAT. WORKED FOR ME...I HAVE POINTS ON MY BIKE NOT SURE IF THAT MAKES A DIF OR NOT FOR WEAR...

thanx mrriggs thats just what i needed

i have points and i guess i cant spell!!! timming hmm?

Hello everyone..i just joined up but have been checking this place out for awhile. this has been the best tool in the tool box for sure!!! i live in vancouver and it's time 2 ride, sorry not pokeing the folks still in the cold. i have a 1980 xs650 and this is my first build. been on two wheels...