New Member - First Question 78 GL1000
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dmowry1157
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- Motorcycle: 1978 GL1000
New Member - First Question 78 GL1000
I bought a 78 Honda Gold wing GL1000 4 cylinder without knowing anything about it except it ran poorly. Found out it was just running on 2 cylinders. Opened up points cover to see it had a Dyna S Ignition system. Is that a CDI system? I ordered Accel Super Coil Kit Inductive Discharge 4 Cylinder (Two-Coil) 140403. Installed and do not getting any spark. I know because I have one of those lights you plug into spark plug wire. The only spark I get is when I turn the ignition key from run to off. It's just a quick flash of spark when you decide to turn key off. Did I order the wrong coils? Should I have ordered 140404? What can I do to get my Honda Gold wing running? Read somewhere that wires of 140403 be reversed to act like it is an Inductive ignition system? Don
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newday777
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Re: New Member - First Question 78 GL1000
Howdy and welcome to the forum.
Did you test the Dyna S that it is operating properly? Depending on which version you have, there were some that had failure problems early on. I don't know to tell you how to test it.
Did you get a repair manual for the bike?
Have you looked at the How To section at the top of the forum page?
Did you test the Dyna S that it is operating properly? Depending on which version you have, there were some that had failure problems early on. I don't know to tell you how to test it.
Did you get a repair manual for the bike?
Have you looked at the How To section at the top of the forum page?