Bike Talk Motorcycle Forum Bike Talk Motorcycle Forum
Go Back   Bike Talk Motorcycle Forum > The Garage > Motorcycle Tech Talk
Discussion on Bad Plug Wires within Bike Talk's Motorcycle Tech Talk forum.

Home Forum Register FAQ Sponsorship Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Bad Plug Wires


Welcome to the Bike Talk motorcycle forum Contact Bike Talk Join Bike Talk

» Site Navigation
 > F.A.Q.
» Auction

» B-T Recommends:
Visit Biker Bids

Harley-Davison Parts & Accessories at RideGear.com


Reply
 
Old Jun 12th, 2008, 07:10 PM   #1
pappycool
Rookie 10+ posts
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Posts: 27
Model: Custom Shovelhead
Interests: Ridin My Hog
Occupation: Construction

I have checked my plug wires and I am not getting continuity through either one of them. Wouldn't that be strange for both plug wires to get fried at the same time? I am running a Crane HI 4 dual fire electronic ignition and have 7mm suppression wires. Are these the right kind? Shouldn't I be getting continuity through them? Anybody got any help?
pappycool is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old Jun 12th, 2008, 09:17 PM   #2
Art_NJr
200+ posts and climbing
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 457
Model: '95, '00 Sportsters
Interests: Land-Speed-Record events
Occupation: Independent contractor (several fields)
View Art_NJr's Gallery
4 Images Posted
Quote:
Originally Posted by pappycool View Post
I have checked my plug wires and I am not getting continuity through either one of them. Wouldn't that be strange for both plug wires to get fried at the same time?
Nope. Typical carbon core wires can (& do) break inside the insulation & you won't see it. Harleys have been known to vibrate y'know

Quote:
I am running a Crane HI 4 dual fire electronic ignition and have 7mm suppression wires. Are these the right kind? Shouldn't I be getting continuity through them? Anybody got any help?
I'd switch that ignition to single-fire (if you can - mine is) & get some quality wires that don't have the brittle carbon core. Spiral wound Monel plug wires are a good option.
Art_NJr is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old Jun 13th, 2008, 05:20 AM   #3
maxpower_hd
200+ posts and climbing
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 464
Model: 1999 Fatboy
Interests: Bikes, Cars, Woodworking, etc.
Occupation: Jack of all trades and master of none
I had stainless braided wires on mine. Both started arcing out and the bike ran like ass. When I removed them, I was really surprised at how bad they were. One was just a little worse than the other. Then I replaced them with some quality black rubber ones and it's been fine.
maxpower_hd is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

«- Rocker arms noise « Previous | Next » Indicator relay for 2005 softail -»



Thread Tools



Similar Threads to: Bad Plug Wires
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
TGS extra wires CTB Motorcycle Tech Talk 0 Apr 25th, 2008 11:23 AM
Plug wires (resistence) skull2007 Motorcycle Tech Talk 10 Jan 15th, 2008 10:08 AM
Plug wires skull2007 Motorcycle Tech Talk 7 Apr 19th, 2007 11:35 AM
hiding wires gyspy133 Motorcycle Tech Talk 2 Jul 7th, 2004 09:59 AM
Plug Gap Fossilhog Motorcycle Tech Talk 2 Jun 11th, 2004 07:55 AM

Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.0 RC1

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:03 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.0.0 RC8
BikeTalk Motorcycle Forum Copyright 1997-2008 all rights reserved


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104