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83 gs550L HELP ME!

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yes I imagine it could. THe coil being hot may have meant nothing more than the ignition was on and loading the one coil per the position of the timing.
 
yes a multi meter and download the manual
its pretty straightforward
 
Anyone know if theres an alternative to replacing the igniter with a oem one? Its 700 bux for a new one and thats almost what i paid for it lol.
 
none readily available
please stop assuming its the ignitor did you test it?
 
i think i'd start by checking the pickup coils. there should be continuity through them with low resistance. probably not to ground... am i right guys?
 
It uses 2 seperate pickups to my understanding if one failed one would still fire one of the coils. But i could be wrong, i cant find a test procedure for the ignitor, id gladly test it if somone has the procedure and can post it.
 
quick update, just got to work and no start, unplugged the igniter and plugged it back in and it ran, shut it off and no start again unplugged it again and replugged it and it ran, so its either the plug or the igniter. gunna clean up the plug and ad dieelectric grease and see what happens. will report back
 
ok so testing the generator it comes back 375ohm for the grn/blk but comes back with nothing for the brn/black, not 0 ohm but nothing at all like its not connected, that mean its bad?
 
yes but re you testing from the signal generator itself or the plug that attached to the ignitor?
Still could be a bad wire.
 
same results via the plug or generators them selves, toook it off looked at it and bike is currently running next to me, so ill let it run till it gets warm. i now have proper ohms at it.... ill see if it dies again and loses its ohms , will reply shortly
 
I have had a signal gerator die but never an igniter
bought a parts bike from a member here that had a dead ignitor though
Funny he said it ran but there is no way it could have
oh well live and learn I only wanted the nmotor anyway


GS 500s of a ceratin age range use the same module for the coil so that is a parts possibility. You can just solder a good one into the current harness. I gave one to a guy on here a long time ago and it worked fine.

There are a few whole units on ebay at present but the price reflects the rarity and importance of the parts.
 
ok so ran it, had good ohms at it, shut it off and let it sit a minute and no ohms and no start on one of the pickups, so i take it thats a confrimation its bad. its weird tho i thought they were setup in a way that if one pickup dies 2 cylinders would still fire. Or is it if one dies the ignitor says "nope no fire for you im misssing signal"?
 
Mine ran fine on 2 cyls with one pickup bad.
Can you do a check to see that no wore has meltd and is going intermittently to ground where it wraps under the engine and up to the ignitor side?
 
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