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Left key on and bike is not running. No spark at plugs. Checked points and only one set sparks (left side set under the cover). Sanded the non-sparking ones with 320. Assumed they were closed and burned out coil. When I got the tank off and started poking around I found two wires not plugged together. The unplugged incoming male wire is yellow and is one of two wires coming off the points (left front of engine). The second wire paralleling it is blue and plugged into the dual plug in that comes off the RH coil via it's own blue wire. The unplugged female wire is coming from the ignition harness under the handlebars and behind headlight. It is dark green. They're sitting close enough to each other to look like they're supposed to be plugged together. But if I connected them it would be yellow to dark green.
Looking at the wiring diagram (which shows two condensers and not one and I only see one sitting on top of the RH coil), that yellow male that is disconnected should plug into the dual plug of LH coil. No wonder no spark!
I began by replacing RH coil and got spark on that side but not a nice blue. Replaced condenser. No change in spark. Battery is at 12V. The wiring looks correct. Went to check the other LH coil too but found no dual jack to put my Ohm meter on and instead found those two disconnected wires and am scratching my head.
I see no yellow connecting to dark green on wiring diagram.
So, first question:
Does the bike have two condensers or one (1974 last K model made which I think is K6)?
If there's supposed to be two, where does the second one mount? I don't see it or a mounting bracket. And, if there's supposed to be two and someone wired it for one, would that account for my unsatisfactory spark? It looks weak.
I can pull out the second LH coil and trace what previous person did and repeat it (bike ran before) or WHAT? Add a second condenser and rewire according to diagram?
Really was not expecting this...
Left key on and bike is not running. No spark at plugs. Checked points and only one set sparks (left side set under the cover). Sanded the non-sparking ones with 320. Assumed they were closed and burned out coil. When I got the tank off and started poking around I found two wires not plugged together. The unplugged incoming male wire is yellow and is one of two wires coming off the points (left front of engine). The second wire paralleling it is blue and plugged into the dual plug in that comes off the RH coil via it's own blue wire. The unplugged female wire is coming from the ignition harness under the handlebars and behind headlight. It is dark green. They're sitting close enough to each other to look like they're supposed to be plugged together. But if I connected them it would be yellow to dark green.
Looking at the wiring diagram (which shows two condensers and not one and I only see one sitting on top of the RH coil), that yellow male that is disconnected should plug into the dual plug of LH coil. No wonder no spark!
I began by replacing RH coil and got spark on that side but not a nice blue. Replaced condenser. No change in spark. Battery is at 12V. The wiring looks correct. Went to check the other LH coil too but found no dual jack to put my Ohm meter on and instead found those two disconnected wires and am scratching my head.
I see no yellow connecting to dark green on wiring diagram.
So, first question:
Does the bike have two condensers or one (1974 last K model made which I think is K6)?
If there's supposed to be two, where does the second one mount? I don't see it or a mounting bracket. And, if there's supposed to be two and someone wired it for one, would that account for my unsatisfactory spark? It looks weak.
I can pull out the second LH coil and trace what previous person did and repeat it (bike ran before) or WHAT? Add a second condenser and rewire according to diagram?
Really was not expecting this...