FYI - What happens when to a cracked coil in a heavy rain.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:50 pm
The coils are a two for one deal. If you notice two cylinders dead at the same time an easy check is to take off the tank and havea a visual inspection of the coils. The ones I have seen go bad on stock coils leave a huge gap very visible to the eye. Pairs are 1 and 6, 2 an 5, an 3 and 4.
I posted this in the "Other category at the end of a post. It really belongs over here.
I've had an electrical gremlin for a while. When the bike got really wet, not just sprinkled on, it would flood out cylinders 1 and 6. The plugs would come out wet and black.
We got flooded down by Fond du Lac this weekend at the Midwest 1100F ride. It downpoured for 1/2 hour straight. Tree limbs laying in the road etc. Red was along.
The electrical went out again. Rode it back to the house and talked about it for a few minutes. First step I took the plugs out and dried them - put them back in. No luck - still not firing.
One of the guys, Pat, (with the odd Kaw) volunteered to clean them and took a couple millimeters off the end of the corroded plug wire. Dabbed in a little dielctric (non-conducting) grease and replaced everything. Still no luck.
Third try - Someone (Red?) Says; "Take off the tank." OK - I'm good at that. Done. Next thing I know there are about 5 guys working on my electrical system. Nick says something to the effect that he has found a crack in one of the coils. The one on the clutch lever side of te bike which by the way gives spark to plugs one and two. A coupe of the guys start describing how to dry out the coil and silicone it shut for a temporary fix. About that time Pete says why don't ou just take one off the shelf over there. Sure enough one from an old F - same part number molded into it. Popped that in.
Needless to say it started right up on all six. I had actually done this about two decades ago. I thought I was safe. Wrong. Next time I'll just start with the coil check.
Thanks Red and the rest of you.
I posted this in the "Other category at the end of a post. It really belongs over here.
I've had an electrical gremlin for a while. When the bike got really wet, not just sprinkled on, it would flood out cylinders 1 and 6. The plugs would come out wet and black.
We got flooded down by Fond du Lac this weekend at the Midwest 1100F ride. It downpoured for 1/2 hour straight. Tree limbs laying in the road etc. Red was along.
The electrical went out again. Rode it back to the house and talked about it for a few minutes. First step I took the plugs out and dried them - put them back in. No luck - still not firing.
One of the guys, Pat, (with the odd Kaw) volunteered to clean them and took a couple millimeters off the end of the corroded plug wire. Dabbed in a little dielctric (non-conducting) grease and replaced everything. Still no luck.
Third try - Someone (Red?) Says; "Take off the tank." OK - I'm good at that. Done. Next thing I know there are about 5 guys working on my electrical system. Nick says something to the effect that he has found a crack in one of the coils. The one on the clutch lever side of te bike which by the way gives spark to plugs one and two. A coupe of the guys start describing how to dry out the coil and silicone it shut for a temporary fix. About that time Pete says why don't ou just take one off the shelf over there. Sure enough one from an old F - same part number molded into it. Popped that in.
Needless to say it started right up on all six. I had actually done this about two decades ago. I thought I was safe. Wrong. Next time I'll just start with the coil check.
Thanks Red and the rest of you.
