Sorry if this is violating the rules but I have a question based on my previous post in the engines forum that I think would be more appropriate for the electrical forum. Previous post is here: http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=75770.0
I'm trying to wire up a pamco electronic ignition to my CB360 and I've been having trouble getting the bike running. Originally, I wired the pamco exactly how its described on the CB360ignition.com site - pamco white to right coil blue wire + pamco green to left coil yellow wire, but when I checked the timing with my timing strobe I found the right spark plug was firing at the LF mark on the alternator and vise versa for the left plug.
I switched the wires from the pamco so the pamco green wire is now flipped and going to the right coil's blue wire and the pamco white wire is now going to the left side coil's yellow wire, and I can confirm the timing is pretty spot on based on the strobe with the left side plug firing at the LF mark, but I'm still not getting ignition.
One thing that's troubling me is that yesterday I accidentally plugged the yellow wire from the left coil into the blue wire for the right coil with the pamco green + pamco white plugged into the left coil and the bike fired right up. It was idling a little fast but wasn't having any problems. The only reason I noticed there was an issue was because I wasn't getting spark on the left cylinder so I went back and double checked my wiring, which is when I found my problem.
My question is how could I be getting a correctly timed spark causing right cylinder ignition with the blue and yellow coil wires both going into the same coil and essentially no timing wire going into that coil? I'm assuming since I was able to idle the bike when I did this, the primary and secondary coils, spark plugs, and starter motor are all in good shape and my issue is likely related to problems with the wiring somewhere?
Thanks to everyone for your help, if anyone has any ideas on what to try I'll definitely appreciate it. I've included a diagram of the pamco wiring from the site below, and you can see pictures / video on my previous post.
I'm trying to wire up a pamco electronic ignition to my CB360 and I've been having trouble getting the bike running. Originally, I wired the pamco exactly how its described on the CB360ignition.com site - pamco white to right coil blue wire + pamco green to left coil yellow wire, but when I checked the timing with my timing strobe I found the right spark plug was firing at the LF mark on the alternator and vise versa for the left plug.
I switched the wires from the pamco so the pamco green wire is now flipped and going to the right coil's blue wire and the pamco white wire is now going to the left side coil's yellow wire, and I can confirm the timing is pretty spot on based on the strobe with the left side plug firing at the LF mark, but I'm still not getting ignition.
One thing that's troubling me is that yesterday I accidentally plugged the yellow wire from the left coil into the blue wire for the right coil with the pamco green + pamco white plugged into the left coil and the bike fired right up. It was idling a little fast but wasn't having any problems. The only reason I noticed there was an issue was because I wasn't getting spark on the left cylinder so I went back and double checked my wiring, which is when I found my problem.
My question is how could I be getting a correctly timed spark causing right cylinder ignition with the blue and yellow coil wires both going into the same coil and essentially no timing wire going into that coil? I'm assuming since I was able to idle the bike when I did this, the primary and secondary coils, spark plugs, and starter motor are all in good shape and my issue is likely related to problems with the wiring somewhere?
Thanks to everyone for your help, if anyone has any ideas on what to try I'll definitely appreciate it. I've included a diagram of the pamco wiring from the site below, and you can see pictures / video on my previous post.