Coil Testing

blagger · Post by **blagger** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:04 pm

Can anybody pass on any pointers towards how i should go about testing my coils with a multimeter.. what i should be doing and stuff..

cheers...

Sgoaty · Post by **Sgoaty** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:43 pm

http://www.dansmc.com/electricaltesting.htm

might help

blagger · Post by **blagger** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:34 pm

Sgoaty wrote:http://www.dansmc.com/electricaltesting.htm

might help

cheers Sgoaty. i seen that site earlier when i was googling it but thaks anyway

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:03 pm

charlie taylors on the langstraght will test them for you.

IZINBARD · Post by **IZINBARD** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:40 am

Hook +ive connection on the coil to +ive side of a battery, --ive connection to --ive side of battery, put plug into plug lead coming out of coil, run an earth wire from --ive side of battery and rap it round the plug thread, go to or make as dark as possible and look at electrode on plug while you disconnect/remove the --ive wire from battery.

Workshop manual should have the res in ohms for the primary and secondary coil circuits. If the first test does not give you a spark, not much point to ohm out the coil as it is a sealed unit, just replace it, if you get a spark, back check the wiring for broken / corroded wire inside the insulation.

blagger · Post by **blagger** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:07 am

i will have to see what setup i can do which will result in me not getting a shock from the spark plug.. i would follow the service manual but i have one prob and that is its in japanese.. just my luck they never made an english one...

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:34 pm

gsxr400rider wrote:i will have to see what setup i can do which will result in me not getting a shock from the spark plug.. i would follow the service manual but i have one prob and that is its in japanese.. just my luck they never made an english one...

And the moral of the story, DONT BUY CHEEP IMPORTS

blagger · Post by **blagger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:21 am

shortassrider wrote:
gsxr400rider wrote:i will have to see what setup i can do which will result in me not getting a shock from the spark plug.. i would follow the service manual but i have one prob and that is its in japanese.. just my luck they never made an english one...
And the moral of the story, DONT BUY CHEEP IMPORTS

nah nothing up with imports. the principals of a bike are the same, its just haynes need to pull there fingers out there arsed and get onto it.. they wont until they see the demand.. classic case of supply and demand

missile · Post by **missile** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:49 am

I have never found Haynes to be worth reading. but you really want to read up, go to the library where they stock many manuals for a number of bikes. A coil is a coil and one is very much like another.

IZINBARD · Post by **IZINBARD** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:47 am

Good plan.