I feel stupid asking this

[cyberdork]

How do I hook up my coils? The left coil goes to which cylinders and vice versa? Please tell me what cylinder the left wire on each coil goes to and the right just so I don't get confused

[bonanzadave]

How do I hook up my coils? The left coil goes to which cylinders and vice versa? Please tell me what cylinder the left wire on each coil goes to and the right just so I don't get confused

Man, you are stupid ! Just kidding. No stupid questions here. Leave that for off topic.

Left coil - cyl 1 & 4
Rt coil - cyl 2 & 3

[C.V.]

No stupid questions here. Leave that for off topic.

Theres no stupid questions in the OT, just stupid statements!

[Guest]

Keeping it then?

[cyberdork]

Was trying a last resort which failed

[Steve]

How do I hook up my coils? The left coil goes to which cylinders and vice versa? Please tell me what cylinder the left wire on each coil goes to and the right just so I don't get confused

There are no stupid questions, but there do seem to be a lot of smarta$$ answers.

The left coil is usually connected to cylinders 1&4, leaving the right coil for 2&3. This assumes that the correct wire from the signal generators on the end of the crank is connected to the proper coil. I can't tell you for sure which trigger goes to which coil.

In this case, cylinder numbering does not mean much, because 1&4 are the outer cylinders, while 2&3 are the inner ones, but for future reference, cylinder #1 is on the left side of the bike, that is, under your clutch hand. Cylinder #4 is on the right side, under your throttle hand.

As for which wire on the coil goes to which cylinder ... it does not really matter. Sometimes one wire is a bit shorter than the other, so just make sure both of them reach where they need to go. Both plugs connected to a coil will fire every revolution of the crank. One will be at the top of the compression stoke and will fire the mixture, the other will be at the top of the exhaust stroke and will basically be a 'wasted' spark. Does not hurt anything, but eliminates the complexity of adding a distributor to direct the sparks.

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[RobC]

There are no stupid questions
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Kind of off topic and Steve has already answered better than I can. I used to always tell my step son when he would go "can I ask you a stupid question?", I would tell him there is no such thing as a stupid question, and to ask away.

Then he turned 15...I was proven wrong...

[Steve]

Steve has already answered better than I can.

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