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1980 gs 850g "mongral" and the ignitor

mvalenti

mvalenti

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I started to sort my electrics as I noticed there was a lot of "P/O" work done and a couple connectors that had seen better days. So essentially I am rewiring everything. I got my wiring diagram from my Haynes book... went over it a bunch of times. Ad decided to go at it...

First "What the..?" came when I looked at the wires comming from the points/condensers, wrong colors... OK, remove cover and... signal generator? what the... ok so i have schematics for other years.... found a few with these, so then i track down the ignitor.. ok, wait... wires dont match with ANY schematics I have.... (7 wires) blk/wht, brn/yel, blu/r, org, blk/red, blk, grn/blk

blk/wht seems to be gnd... other than that? I'm guessing... any help is appreciated.

Ignitor is 374-6

-Mark
 
Hi,

Does this help?

Download a 1980 GS850G Wiring Diagram (color)

wires.jpg


You'll find lots more GS850G goodness on my website. You might even fine a Suzuki Factory Manual. The '79 has points but the '80 has electronic ignition. See the supplement in the manual.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Thank you Bass,

Just a little confused as the colors in your schematic arnt matching mine either. Just scared to hook it up wrong and let the magic smoke out...

-Mark

ps.... and i'm down loading... ;)
 
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Basscliffs Website is a great resource

Basscliffs Website is a great resource

I am new here and i have come across basscliffs website. It has a ton of great info, and manuals for many different bikes. If that doesn't help, i guess you could check with an ohm meter to make sure you know where each wire is going. Make your own schematic and rewire it accordingly. Will take longer, but it will at least be right. Good luck my friend - we are in the same boat.

-Mark
 
I don't think you are looking at the right item. :o

#374-6 is on the right side, next to the turn signal flasher? :confused:

Item # 374-6 is NOT your ignitor, it's the turn signal control unit. :-\\\

Your ignitor is much larger and on the other side of the battery box. :p

The ignitor is the black box that is only half-shown in the left side of this picture:
IMG_0276.jpg


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Du'ooooooooh.... Found the ignitor in my parts box... ooops... I thought I had everything... Thanks all... funny thing to is that the wire colors now make sense.... I guess I owe you guys a video iof the first fire up... Thanks!

-Mark
 
wired, now not starting, not even a click..... starter disconnect switch location? the manual on basscliffs site is a little unclear..
 
Pull the clutch lever, then hit the starter button.

If you wish to defeat that "safety" feature, follow the wires from the clutch switch into the headlight bucket, you will see the bullet connectors where they attach to the main harness. Separate the connectors, then connect the two connectors on the main harness side to each other. You will no longer have to pull the clutch to use the starter.

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Thanks Steve, I went thru the harness and schematic and made sure I had it bypassed. I made a REALLY REALLY REALLY stupid mistake.... I wired my starter solenoid to the positive of the battery (red) fine, and the black wire that was suppose to go to the starter went to the negative side of the battery... it was black, i did it without thinking.... I also cleaned the contacts in the push button, dicey connection there I found and a potential short on the kill switch too...... well she started right after I saw that mistake and made the correction....... Thanks again for the help!


-Mark
 
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