CDI Box

mike1346 · 08-30-2012, 01:29 PM

I got this CDI from a fellow member and would like to try to use it. The plugs however are different and I really don't want to mess anything up. I was thinking I could just jump the wires like in the following picture from the good CDI to my wiring harness. Good or bad idea? The smaller one is from a 300 TRX. Any electrical engineers out there?

Wild_Alaskan · 08-30-2012, 01:37 PM

I was able to steal some photos from Gammagost's engine swap thread. these should help as far as color coding

more pictures can be found here
http://www.chinariders.net/modules.p...r=asc&start=45

mike1346 · 08-30-2012, 01:51 PM

Thanks WA. I'll have to check my wiring harness when I get home. It appears according to the pictures the Green wire and Green w/white stripe are swapped and the Blue and Black are swapped. The two other Black ones seem to go on the same posts.

This link helped too: http://www.chinariders.net/modules.p...r=asc&start=45

Thanks again WA

mike1346 · 08-31-2012, 10:11 PM

Well tryed the other cdi wired it according to pics and still nothing. Could it be the coil?

Wild_Alaskan · 09-06-2012, 01:38 AM

do you have a wiring diagram for your bike?

mike1346 · 09-06-2012, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Wild_Alaskan

do you have a wiring diagram for your bike?

I have the owners manual somewhere, I assume it would be in there?

The only difference I could find comparing the listed pictures in the thread and mine is there are two green wires, but couldn't find a white line on either one :oops: I'll have to look again.

Wild_Alaskan · 09-06-2012, 02:53 PM

yes mine was on the last page

mike1346 · 09-07-2012, 10:30 AM

Good news/Bad news:

Good: Found my manual, it was in a plastic bag in the "tool holder/fake muffler"

Bad: Apparently it got wet at some point and is rolled into a semi-circle and hard as a rock 8O

I did double check this morning about my wiring and and I have (2) green wires neither with a white stripe

Wild_Alaskan · 09-07-2012, 02:27 PM

Ok what co,lor wires come out of your motor and do they stay the same color as they plug in to the harness? or do some change as they go through the plug?

mike1346 · 10-17-2012, 08:37 AM

Back from the dead

I ordered a new CDI and Coil while I was at it and finally had a few minutes to mess with the bike last night. With the new CDI and Coil still no spark :evil:

humanbeing · 10-17-2012, 09:02 AM

What's ur reading?
the generic guide: http://www.dansmc.com/electricaltesting.htm
datas from Honda service manual - pulse coil: at least 0.7V | Source Coil: at least 100v

mike1346 · 10-17-2012, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humanbeing

What's ur reading?
the generic guide: http://www.dansmc.com/electricaltesting.htm
datas from Honda service manual: pulse coil: at least 0.7V | Source Coil: at least 100v

Nice informative page

I will check this when I get home

08-30-2012, 01:29 PM	#1
mike1346 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tazewell, VA Posts: 26	CDI Box I got this CDI from a fellow member and would like to try to use it. The plugs however are different and I really don't want to mess anything up. I was thinking I could just jump the wires like in the following picture from the good CDI to my wiring harness. Good or bad idea? The smaller one is from a 300 TRX. Any electrical engineers out there? __________________ Romans 5:8
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08-30-2012, 01:37 PM	#2
Wild_Alaskan Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alaska Posts: 914	I was able to steal some photos from Gammagost's engine swap thread. these should help as far as color coding more pictures can be found here http://www.chinariders.net/modules.p...r=asc&start=45 __________________ Dune buggy build http://chinariders.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=14470 400cc lifan build vid: http://youtu.be/20HoU8OK_Y0 other fun: http://tinyurl.com/wildalaskan
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08-30-2012, 01:51 PM	#3
mike1346 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tazewell, VA Posts: 26	Thanks WA. I'll have to check my wiring harness when I get home. It appears according to the pictures the Green wire and Green w/white stripe are swapped and the Blue and Black are swapped. The two other Black ones seem to go on the same posts. This link helped too: http://www.chinariders.net/modules.p...r=asc&start=45 Thanks again WA __________________ Romans 5:8
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08-31-2012, 10:11 PM	#4
mike1346 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tazewell, VA Posts: 26	Well tryed the other cdi wired it according to pics and still nothing. Could it be the coil? __________________ Romans 5:8
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09-06-2012, 01:38 AM	#5
Wild_Alaskan Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alaska Posts: 914	do you have a wiring diagram for your bike? __________________ Dune buggy build http://chinariders.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=14470 400cc lifan build vid: http://youtu.be/20HoU8OK_Y0 other fun: http://tinyurl.com/wildalaskan
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09-06-2012, 02:53 PM	#7
Wild_Alaskan Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alaska Posts: 914	yes mine was on the last page __________________ Dune buggy build http://chinariders.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=14470 400cc lifan build vid: http://youtu.be/20HoU8OK_Y0 other fun: http://tinyurl.com/wildalaskan
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09-07-2012, 10:30 AM	#8
mike1346 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tazewell, VA Posts: 26	Good news/Bad news: Good: Found my manual, it was in a plastic bag in the "tool holder/fake muffler" Bad: Apparently it got wet at some point and is rolled into a semi-circle and hard as a rock 8O I did double check this morning about my wiring and and I have (2) green wires neither with a white stripe __________________ Romans 5:8
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09-07-2012, 02:27 PM	#9
Wild_Alaskan Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alaska Posts: 914	Ok what co,lor wires come out of your motor and do they stay the same color as they plug in to the harness? or do some change as they go through the plug? __________________ Dune buggy build http://chinariders.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=14470 400cc lifan build vid: http://youtu.be/20HoU8OK_Y0 other fun: http://tinyurl.com/wildalaskan
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10-17-2012, 08:37 AM	#10
mike1346 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tazewell, VA Posts: 26	Back from the dead I ordered a new CDI and Coil while I was at it and finally had a few minutes to mess with the bike last night. With the new CDI and Coil still no spark :evil: __________________ Romans 5:8
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10-17-2012, 09:02 AM	#11
humanbeing Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,436	What's ur reading? the generic guide: http://www.dansmc.com/electricaltesting.htm datas from Honda service manual - pulse coil: at least 0.7V \| Source Coil: at least 100v
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