Schaef77
New Member
Hello everyone
I recently purchased a 85 that had been sitting for over a decade and have been going through this forum to clean the fuel system and get the brakes and clutch in working order.
some things I’ve done are
-tear carbs completely apart and clean throughly and rebuilt with kits.
-new carb diaphragms
-new rubber in the entire as they were very cracked/hard and couldn’t even get the carbs back on without replacing them
-cleaned master cylinders and bled everything throughly
-cleaned gas tank as it had some rust in it and I didn’t want to f with it later
-put new oil and changed fuel, oil, and air filter
-put seafoam in gas and oil as well as a small amount in each cylinder to help things get moving
-replaced battery as previous one was quite crusty and didn’t hold a charge
When everything was put back together I fired it up and surprisingly started right up within a few cranks. I rode it around and tested the brakes and clutch to see how my handy work turned out and everything worked just as it was supposed to. After a short ride up and down the road a few times I parked it up and oddly noticed the rear two exhaust headers were much cooler than the front two. Checked the spark and sure enough the rear two cylinders had no spark at all. I tested the coils and they both checked out. My suspicion was then the pickup coil but I tested it and it checked out as well. So from reading around on her it seems like it’s the cdi/tci box. I’m curious as to if this is a known symptom of a bad igniter box or if it is likely something different like a bad connection.
any input is greatly appreciated (good or bad)
thanks
I recently purchased a 85 that had been sitting for over a decade and have been going through this forum to clean the fuel system and get the brakes and clutch in working order.
some things I’ve done are
-tear carbs completely apart and clean throughly and rebuilt with kits.
-new carb diaphragms
-new rubber in the entire as they were very cracked/hard and couldn’t even get the carbs back on without replacing them
-cleaned master cylinders and bled everything throughly
-cleaned gas tank as it had some rust in it and I didn’t want to f with it later
-put new oil and changed fuel, oil, and air filter
-put seafoam in gas and oil as well as a small amount in each cylinder to help things get moving
-replaced battery as previous one was quite crusty and didn’t hold a charge
When everything was put back together I fired it up and surprisingly started right up within a few cranks. I rode it around and tested the brakes and clutch to see how my handy work turned out and everything worked just as it was supposed to. After a short ride up and down the road a few times I parked it up and oddly noticed the rear two exhaust headers were much cooler than the front two. Checked the spark and sure enough the rear two cylinders had no spark at all. I tested the coils and they both checked out. My suspicion was then the pickup coil but I tested it and it checked out as well. So from reading around on her it seems like it’s the cdi/tci box. I’m curious as to if this is a known symptom of a bad igniter box or if it is likely something different like a bad connection.
any input is greatly appreciated (good or bad)
thanks