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1981 GS550L Ignitor

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Robertoisrad

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Hi everyone, I have an old 550L that has ignitor issues. I bought an ignitor on ebay a while back not realizing it was meant for a 550E.... It was way too late to return it when I finally got around to doing the work.

So all of the wire colors match it's exactly the same size and it fits in the same hole perfectly. The only difference I can see (Part # sticker was too worn out to see on both parts) is that the connector on the end is different.

So I clipped the connectors off and swapped them matching each wire color... The problem is that it pops a fuse immediately when I turn on the ignition... Is there any way that the 550E one that I bought could work on the 550L? Maybe even though the colors are the same on the connector I need to move them around because they don't go to the same places on the different models?

If anyone has any insight or experience messing with this kind of stuff I would be super thankful. Thank you!
 
That particular model bike ignitor is slightly different from the earlier bikes, but I'm not sure in what way. I suspect it will work if you can figure out the wire scheme. BTW, this has nothing to do with E vs. L, rather it's a change that occurred with the model year.

Searched on 1981 GS550L ignitor and this came up as a cross reference.

32900-47320 IGNITE UNIT ASS
Description
Purchase this Suzuki 32900-47320 IGNITE UNIT ASS --- IGNITER UNIT
This Suzuki 32900-47320 IGNITE UNIT ASS is used on these models and components:

1981 SUZUKI GS550LX - SIGNAL GENERATOR
1981 SUZUKI GS550TX - SIGNAL GENERATOR
1981 SUZUKI GS650EX - SIGNAL GENERATOR
1982 SUZUKI GS550LZ - SIGNAL GENERATOR
1982 SUZUKI GS550MZ - SIGNAL GENERATOR
1982 SUZUKI GS650EZ - SIGNAL GENERATO
 
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Note the "sticky" at top of this forum. member kokar has done a lot of messing with these 550 ignitors- send him a PM, he's helpful
 
okay thanks guys, I was going to try and make my own a while back but gave up when i couldnt find half of the parts he had listed... Maybe a pm would help
 
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