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    Need New plug cables any suggestions?

    I'm having a hard time locating new spark plug wires for my 83 gs1100gk. Can I just buy the wires without the coils? Any idea where?

    Thanks

    #2
    Do you just need the caps? Here's a link that will help you:


    1980 GS1000GT (Daily rider with a 1983 1100G engine)
    1998 Honda ST1100 (Daily long distance rider)
    1982 GS850GLZ (Daily rider when the weather is crap)

    Darn, with so many daily riders it's hard to decide which one to jump on next.

    JTGS850GL aka Julius

    GS Resource Greetings

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      #3
      Awesome. ..Thanks

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        #4
        Not sure about your coils, but quite a lot of coils will have screw in leads. I've got GPZ900 coils on my KZ1300 and they have screw in leads - which I replaced by buying some new copper HT cable from my local auto parts store.

        However, if your leads are fixed, then trim the ends as per the PDF above.
        Current:
        Z1300A5 Locomotive (swapped my Intruder for it), GS450 Cafe Project (might never finish it....), XT500 Commuter (I know - it's a Yamaha )

        Past:
        VL1500 Intruder (swapped for Z1300), ZX9R Streetfighter (lets face it - too fast....), 1984 GSX750EF, 1984 GSX1100EF (AKA GS1150)
        And a bunch of other crap Yamahas....

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          #5
          Some coils use wires that are glued in place but it's still possible to replace them using 7mm copper core HT lead wire. Lots of guys have done it. Chip away the epoxy and pull the wire. If you get lucky it will just pull out. Shooting some WD-40 between the wire and the coil will help (cram a pin in the gap first). Worst case the wire will snap off and you can dig it out of the cavity in the coil using a pick tool. Just be careful because there is a spike on the bottom of the cavity that you need to avoid damaging.
          Ed

          To measure is to know.

          Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

          Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

          Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

          KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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            #6
            Some coils have the leads soldered in though (I know late 80's GS450 are like this) which make changing the leads near impossible.
            Current:
            Z1300A5 Locomotive (swapped my Intruder for it), GS450 Cafe Project (might never finish it....), XT500 Commuter (I know - it's a Yamaha )

            Past:
            VL1500 Intruder (swapped for Z1300), ZX9R Streetfighter (lets face it - too fast....), 1984 GSX750EF, 1984 GSX1100EF (AKA GS1150)
            And a bunch of other crap Yamahas....

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