What happened

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whatscooking
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What happened

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I was about a mile from home when my 79 gave a little jerking around action. First thought was fuel as it went away. I let the wife off and went for a short blast and the problem reappeared and progressed to where I knew something else was wrong. Got her home and smelled the melted wire smell. That got the seat and tank off quickly to find #3 coil terminals dripping. Great I thought, got new coil on, no spark. Dyna pick up system with stock coils.
My question is which probably came first. A- Dyna ignition mucked up and melted the coil or B- coil shorted and toasted Dyna. And I guess C- does running stock coils with the Dyna burn things up. The bike has been running so sweet.

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Re: What happened

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I guess it really doesn't matter who caused what.

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Re: What happened

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Are you sure no bare connections were touching the bottom of the tank? That easy to do with the connections you make with the Dyna stuff.

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Re: What happened

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daves79x wrote:Are you sure no bare connections were touching the bottom of the tank? That easy to do with the connections you make with the Dyna stuff.

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He is useing stock coils so I don't think that is the issue.

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Re: What happened

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Yes, but you have to rewire the stock coils for the Dyna set-up and I've seen some pretty 'ingenious' wiring.

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Re: What happened

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Yes I know what you mean. I have seen allot of botched up wiring as well. Mark is not one of those and I am sure it is wired up to spec. I know if you put dyna coils on it takes more room and clearance is a big time issue.

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Re: What happened

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The wiring is stock and clean from the panel up to the stock coils. I wired in a relay to get battery voltage to the Dyna ignition bypassing the switches on the handlebar.
I got the bike with the Dyna already installed. I was of course hoping that the Dyna system would last forever. Anything could of happened to melt things.
I called Tims today and asked a few questions. I was curious so I asked if the Dyna system cares what it is hooked to, stock or their coils, and he said no.
I was considering switching everything back to stock but I need everything so I got another Dyna coming in the mail. I had to do the alteration job to get the timing right on the one that is in there now.

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