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UPDATE! With the wires from the '80 unit mated properly with the wiring on my '82 XS400, the cycle starts and runs. Other than the difference in mounting this 'spare' ignitor and the loss of the sidestand safety feature, will there be any other impacts on keeping it for a functioning spare? I...

Thank you! The ignitor section of wiring diagram in that service manual is the same as my machine (2 connectors with correct wire colors) but does anybody know where there might be a wiring diagram for the sidestand part of the wiring or am I just missing it (i.e. using a different name...

Thanks so much for your help. I just bought the bike and didn't do enough of my homework. Part of my confusion was all of the wire diagrams I could find show a single connector for the ignitor (not two, like my bike has), they have no side-stand circuitry and some of the wire colors are also...

Does anyone know if the ignitor unit from a '80S Special (#TID 12-02 3F9-10) I picked up can be used as a working spare for my '82XJ Maxim (has a potted unit #TID 12-07 12R-10) with the only modification being to replace the one free-hanging 8 position AMP FASTON pin-housing with properly wired...