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My install has been finished about a week now and I just put the new Mike's AGM battery in. Took it for a 50 mile mountain ride yesterday and it perfomed very nice (I was able to keep up with some du ...

Update:
I took the shaft out and ran some emery cloth over the contact surfaces re greased and the springs snap the advance back now.

Went to start this morning and I was kicking it to death. Put ...

I used some white grease around the bushings but thought at the time that the shaft was stiff and had too much friction. I will take apart again and run some emery cloth on the contact points.

Yes ...

Got it running yesterday. Couple of observations:

When you manually open the advance weights they don't spring back. Is this something to be concerned with?

Still had to kick it many times bef ...

Its going now that I opened the right cover. Never had to look where the points were before. I did get real intimate with the alternater housing and guts. I guess that the pickup coil stays right t ...

Sure do wish that the instructions were specific for the newer bikes too. I just looked at Pamco Petes website picture and that might help some. I will go out and try some more. The camshaft lock n ...

[quote="Srinath"]I have an 82. What kit should I get ?
For easy convenient modding, the previous owner lost the ignitor box along with a bunch of other parts.
Thanks.
Srinath.[/quote]

Go to mike ...

[quote="pamcopete"]phatdawg,

Well, the 14-0912 kit includes the "Green Monster" coil, #17-6810 and not the 17-6803 that you already have. If you want the 17-6810 coil and you need the other advance ...

Thanks Pamco Pete.

I was going to order the Pamco Ignition kit from MikesXS, Part #14-0912

However, last year I ordered and installed the following:

1 x High Output Replacement Ignition Coil (17-6803)
1 x Spark P ...

Hey guys, I have emailed MikesXS a couple times with questions about the Pamco kit for my XS and have not heard anything. Usually they are quick but I have not heard anything. You think there is any ...

[quote="penn71911"]phatdawg... if you're serious, send me one, or both, I'll pop them on my '82 and we'll see. I ride my XS almost every day, she's a runner, if the TCI's are good or bad we'll know ri ...

I think my last post kind of got lost. Here it is again:

I now have two TCIs and would like to send them to someone to try on their bike just so I know that this is the weak link. Any offers?

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[quote="pamcopete"]Well, in general, the time to swap out the TCI system for a new Electronic Ignition system is before the TCI fails. That way, you can in good concience offer your TCI box and pickup ...

[quote="gordo"]Phat, you want the whole kit,as it's cheaper than piecing it together. As long as you don't replace the alternater rotor for a non TCI one , you can put it back to TCI anytime you want. ...

I have communicated with Pamco Pete a few times with my bike not sparking (83 heritage special with TCI). As I am tired of troubleshooting this thing and suspect the TCI (although I changed the trans ...

[quote="tedro"]Long story short, I have been through the whole ignition system and everything checks out except for the tci. Without another bike to test it on I have no way of knowing for sure if it ...

Keeping this near the top. I have changed transisters on both of my TCI's now and still no spark. Looks like the only thing left to check is the pickups. Stay tuned.

Turns out the digikey . com you have a 6-week wait.

If you go to: http://www.newark.com/on-semiconductor/mje5742g/darlington-bipolar-transistor/dp/26K4468

it will be shipped right away.

[quote="pamcopete"]phatdawg,

If you are not getting battery to the coil, thats not the TCI. The battery comes from the kill switch and ignition switch.[/quote]

I will look this up now but does t ...

So there is not 12V to the coil (with both ignition switch on and kill switch on and during cranking). I think it was hovering around 9v during cranking.

With the plugs out of the head and connect ...

I have one other TCI. I think that I will put a new transistor in that one and try again. As of right now neither work.

If I just power to the pos side of the coil, does that just take the safety ...

pamcopete,

You probabily just saved me some $$. I took the wires off the coil and got 18.4 Ohms at the coil. I was not getting my probe far enough in the boot. Its easier to take the reading wit ...

[quote="pamcopete"]phatdawg,

Try the 200K scale. Also, measure right in the wire towers without the wires.[/quote]

I'll give it a look.

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