79 GS550L Points Continuity

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  • abefroman
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    79 GS550L Points Continuity

    I'm in the process of replacing the points on my 79 GS550L. I have set the gaps to .014 per the Clymers manual. However, when I try to set timing with the continuity method, the points have continuity to ground whether open or closed. I believe I have narrowed it down to the black and white wires circled in the picture below. Should these wires have continuity to ground?
    Am I doing something wrong?

  • barnbiketom

    #2
    Disconnect them from the coils...right at the coils is easy..
    you are reading the coil ohms while doing it your way..always DISCONNECT the thing being measured for ohms..

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    • abefroman

      #3
      Thanks barnbiketom, that worked.

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