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batte
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Hi, i have a Goldwing 1980 who i baught with no coils and no cdi, now i have baught this but when i installed them the Engine will only run on the 2 back cylinders but i get sparks at the front cylinders as well. i am not sure about how to connect the Cables from cdi to coils and Cables from coils to the sparkplugs. can anyone help me with this ?
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There are wiring diagrams in the shoptalk page.
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If you get good spark at all cylinders I would be checking the carbs. How long since the bike has run?
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KYpondman wrote:If you get good spark at all cylinders I would be checking the carbs. How long since the bike has run?
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4 years since last run they tell me, i will check with a Little fuel in each cyl if it ever stops raining :-( i have to take the bike outside to fiddle with it because lack of space.
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Welcome to the club batte. Feel free to tell us a bit about yourself and the bike. What part of the world you from, how you came about getting an oldwing. We love pics too.
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