panhead_kicker wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:59 pm
I've got another new condensor I'll throw at it, in case the others really are trashed, and hoping the coil is OK.
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It's time to follow up with this. After replacing the voltage regulator, bike still had ignition issue. Took my time, and with
deliberation checked coil AGAIN with OHM meter, and this time found that the secondary resistance (across the spark plug wire terminals) was continuously moving around and would not settle down to and expected 10-15K ohms. So, a trip to the local HD dealer yielded a new -65 coil. After all installed, and now around a hundred miles later I believe the ignition issue is corrected, except for an occasional misfire at idle. So really the breaker unit is about the only thing left in the system that I haven't touched. Its running pretty well, so if there's still a misfire after a couple more tanks of fuel, this winter I will pull the ignition circuit breaker and freshen it up. Thanks for all the help everyone.
@panheadrider1961 , You pretty much nailed the whole scenario, Too high voltage out of regulator was cooking coil, points, and possibly condensor. (I think it may have helped my old battery lol... still using the ~ 10 year old agm Ultima ThunderVolt!)
Someone on this forum once stated "Never does only one thing go wrong at a time"
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