TimmyT
XS400 Addict
Wanted to ask these questions before its too late in the game as my bike is going to be fired up soon after rebuilding the entire thing.
Every reference and wiring diagram I have seen for my '78 refers to the ignition coil colours as Grey being Left side ignition coil and piston and Orange being Right ignition coil and piston. Taking the points cover off and following the wires I have concluded that Orange is left and Grey is Right side and have wired them this way. I just want to verify as when I bought the bike it was actually wired as Orange/Right & Grey/Left.
The service manual does back my thoughts that it was originally wired wrong but other info out there is conflicting. Please set me straight before I cook the harness.
This bike does fire LEFT to RIGHT correct?
Also wanted to mention the two wires covered in white cloth coming from the points that go directly to the wire harness, maybe I overlooked the diagram but couldnt see what this was for .... I assume the killswitch?
Next question is the points gap...Some say this is the only adjustment needed, cant be true can it? If not its gona cost me another oil change.
Lastly I have seen the vids on setting the timing ect. but when I was checking nothing seemed quite accurate... I made no adjustments but the points gap for now until I have more information on my above questions. Could it be possible that the wiring was wrong subsequently throwing off timing as the P/O attempted to fire it up?
Any help, advice or comments appreciated
Every reference and wiring diagram I have seen for my '78 refers to the ignition coil colours as Grey being Left side ignition coil and piston and Orange being Right ignition coil and piston. Taking the points cover off and following the wires I have concluded that Orange is left and Grey is Right side and have wired them this way. I just want to verify as when I bought the bike it was actually wired as Orange/Right & Grey/Left.
The service manual does back my thoughts that it was originally wired wrong but other info out there is conflicting. Please set me straight before I cook the harness.
This bike does fire LEFT to RIGHT correct?
Also wanted to mention the two wires covered in white cloth coming from the points that go directly to the wire harness, maybe I overlooked the diagram but couldnt see what this was for .... I assume the killswitch?
Next question is the points gap...Some say this is the only adjustment needed, cant be true can it? If not its gona cost me another oil change.
Lastly I have seen the vids on setting the timing ect. but when I was checking nothing seemed quite accurate... I made no adjustments but the points gap for now until I have more information on my above questions. Could it be possible that the wiring was wrong subsequently throwing off timing as the P/O attempted to fire it up?
Any help, advice or comments appreciated