GL Motor Swap, No Spark?

[Savage]

Hello, I have a 1983 gs850. I bought the same year motor but it is a GL I do believe.
The stator wiring is different. The old harness has 4 wires, while the new stator only has 2.
I'm wondering if this is causing me this headache... Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

[tkent02]

All of the stators should have three wires.
Never seen a GS stator with any other number or wires.
And the stator has nothing to do with making a spark. That's the ignition system, which will run fine off the battery with no stator at all.
The stator just makes electricity to charge the battery.

[JTGS850GL]

He may be talking about the signal generator and calling it a stator. The older pickups used two wires while the newer ignitions used 4 wires. Just a thought.

[Savage]

Got it to fire, but only on 2 cylinders. The four wires that come off of my fuse box to plug into my "stator," are the problem.
When I swap them around it changes from the inside cylinders, to the outside cylinders firing. I'm not understanding what the huge issue is...

[almarconi]

Maybe he is talking about the ignitor.

Where is this "stator" located on the bike? Can you take a picture of it?

[Guest]

As stated the stator has nothing to do with the ignition.