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Spark plug boots..........

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I know the spark plugs that are called for on these bikes are resister type, the plug boot is also a resister type, my question: is there supposed to be this much resistance in the system? Seems to be a bit of over kill. trying to trace down weak sparks. I have trimmed back the wires to get to fresh inner wires, done a continuity check on all wires...and have found one of the boots to have a OPEN resistance. :cheers:
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That's usually a good time to replace that boot ... :grinnod:
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Re: Spark plug boots..........

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Yeah 10k ohms is overkill, NGK do a replacement 5k plug cap (boot) which is fine. However I opened my caps and replaced the faulty resistors with a short length of 3 mm welding rod, after all the resistors are only there to help reduce radio interference nothing more.

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Thanks Lamer.....was thinking of going with copper dowel rod cut to fit.
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brcree wrote:Thanks Lamer.....was thinking of going with copper dowel rod cut to fit.
Yeah coat the dowels with dialectic grease then, Roberts ya movas brover (in English) Bob's your uncle :thumbsup:
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Toooo cool Lamer............hay tell me.....when one calls someone a "Bazzah" what does that mean? I know a "lemon Squeezah" is a Geeezzah..
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