plug wire problem

[beetle57]

just bought a 1990

been trying to trouble shoot

fixed one cylinder with new plug wire and boot

trying to do the same for other cylinder

 

when i pull the plug when bike is running there is no drop in performance, also the wire will spark outside the wire when unplugged and touching the cylinder with a neww wire and boot

[Dano]

Start with replacing all 4 plugs, and we recommend replacing all the plugs and boots with new ones to eliminate any doubtfull ones. You can also take some readings at the TCI with a digital meter to check output pulses and things like that. There's a full section on this in the tech library.

 

Good luck,

 

Dan

[GeorgeS]

The wire is simply 7MM copper core standard Spark Plug wire. Most Auto parts stores carry the stuff in bulk.

 

Also, there is NGK, plug caps avialable, much much, cheaper then the OEM plug caps.

 

The wire simpley screws out of the Coils, and the plug caps, Very Easy to build New set of plug wires !! Replace them all, if you suspect bad wires,

Edited July 12, 2009 by GeorgeS