2 cylinders stop running

[Wallowgreen]

Yep, like BassCliff says. The wires can be removed by cutting the existing epoxy away with a knife. I also used a dental pick to get further down in the recess the wire disappears into, there's epoxy down in there too and I couldn't pull the wire out until I'd dug out further down. Just be careful, keep at it and they will eventually just pull straight out.

When inserting the new ones, put a bead of high temp RTV around the wire about 1/2 inch from the end before you push the cable in. That'll help keep the wire fixed in position then finish up with a small bead around the top where the wire enters the coil body.

The wire just pushes down on the spike in the recess, it's not threaded like the plug caps.

 

[Guest]

Very helpful

Very helpful

I would love to put new spark plug leads on my coils, Now I know how. When I held my #3 plug lead while the bike was running,( on the coil that I replaced,) I would get a slight shock, that's just holding the lead with it installed on the plug. I thought I may be losing voltage on the way to the spark plug. So far replacing the the coil has cured the problem, of the #2 & #3 cylinders taking break while going down the road. But I like to do anything that makes her more dependable. I have also made the mistake of holding the lead from #2 while pulled off the plug and cranking the engine over! I got a much stronger bite from that!