Posted by Gary Kendall on July 14, 2006, 3:25 pm
I just bought an 83 Yamaha Virago XV500K. It does not run, I checked the
spark and get spark on one side but not the other. It is a V-Twin, 2
Cylinder. Could I deduce that the Ignition Coil for the side that has no
spark is bad? Or could it be something else? I do not want to just start
buying things and replacing them, I want to replace what needs to be
replaced. If you can help, please let me know
Gary <><
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Posted by Nils on July 26, 2006, 1:44 pm
Gary.
Go at it one step at the time and from the cheap end of the parts scale.
1) Swap the plugs to make sure it is not just a bad spark plug.
2) If the missing spark remains at the same side, swap the spark plug
ignition wires to eliminate the risk of it being a broken wire.
3) If the problem stays the same, swap the coils and see what happens.
That'll show you if it is the coil or something else, i.e. power to the
coils (which is highly unlikely).
Good luck,
Nils
>I just bought an 83 Yamaha Virago XV500K. It does not run, I checked the
>spark and get spark on one side but not the other. It is a V-Twin, 2
>Cylinder. Could I deduce that the Ignition Coil for the side that has no
>spark is bad? Or could it be something else? I do not want to just start
>buying things and replacing them, I want to replace what needs to be
>replaced. If you can help, please let me know
> Gary <><
> -- We use Duct Tape to fix everything, God used NAILS
>
Posted by Paul Michaels on August 9, 2006, 12:45 am
You might have to bring it to a dealer. :( My '00 R6 is getting two
coils replaced right now.
They performed a diagnostic and found the problem right away for me.
wrote:
>Gary.
>Go at it one step at the time and from the cheap end of the parts scale.
>1) Swap the plugs to make sure it is not just a bad spark plug.
>2) If the missing spark remains at the same side, swap the spark plug
>ignition wires to eliminate the risk of it being a broken wire.
>3) If the problem stays the same, swap the coils and see what happens.
>That'll show you if it is the coil or something else, i.e. power to the
>coils (which is highly unlikely).
>Good luck,
>Nils
>>I just bought an 83 Yamaha Virago XV500K. It does not run, I checked the
>>spark and get spark on one side but not the other. It is a V-Twin, 2
>>Cylinder. Could I deduce that the Ignition Coil for the side that has no
>>spark is bad? Or could it be something else? I do not want to just start
>>buying things and replacing them, I want to replace what needs to be
>>replaced. If you can help, please let me know
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary <><
>>
>> -- We use Duct Tape to fix everything, God used NAILS
>>
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>spark and get spark on one side but not the other. It is a V-Twin, 2
>Cylinder. Could I deduce that the Ignition Coil for the side that has no
>spark is bad? Or could it be something else? I do not want to just start
>buying things and replacing them, I want to replace what needs to be
>replaced. If you can help, please let me know
> Gary <><
> -- We use Duct Tape to fix everything, God used NAILS
>