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  1. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi Pat, I started to write this a while ago - and before I saw the latest lot of posts! If I exit the 'compose reply' mode (and read something),...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 16, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  2. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi again Pat.... By the way, DON'T touch those nuts! They hold the main switching transistor heat dispersal ('heat sink') 'fins' to the PCB; NOT...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 10, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  3. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    By the way, your pickup coil resistances look right on the money: if you get similar readings (which I'm sure you will!...) right after the bike...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 10, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  4. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi Pat, continuing our 'conversation' of a moment ago: yes, you do have a corroded PCB track - and, for someone who knows what they are doing with...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 10, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  5. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    If your TCI does turn out to be faulty you might feel inclined to see what else may be available - as a performance/reliability upgrade?... I'm...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 9, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  6. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Looks like 'Rooster 53' has just confirmed which orange/grey/black wires are which! Many thanks indeed for that - and forget about what I said...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 9, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  7. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi Pat, your wiring colours are obviously different from my XJ900F. Check out the wiring diagram in your Haynes manual - and I will hazard a guess...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 9, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  8. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end!... But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning?" WINSTON CHURCHILL - 1942....
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 8, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  9. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    THIS IS A REPLY I SENT PAT K. - AS PART OF OUR 'CONVERSATION' YESTERDAY:- Simply stated, ANY automotive ignition system effectively embodies a...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  10. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Thanks 'Polock' - I'm increasingly of the view that your kind offer will finally 'put this one to bed' (and yield that 'watertight' final...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  11. OrgangrinderA
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    NO START, ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

    'Open circuit' coil secondary (HT) winding would NOT 'blow' your 'ignition' fuse; but 'short to ground' primary (LT) would!... Reading through...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 3, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  12. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Just arrived home: your indicated suspect 'open' circuit on one coil HT may, indeed, be the ultimate source of your problem?... If your TCI...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 3, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  13. OrgangrinderA
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    NO START, ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

    Just one small point: if the resistive spark plug suppressor caps are ANYTHING less than perfect, the nine volts available from a multimeter will...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 3, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  14. OrgangrinderA
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    NO START, ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

    Assuming your bike is wired in a similar manner to my XJ900F, start by checking the multiway connectors lying closest to the right handlebar...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 3, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  15. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Assuming your bike has been standing and will start briefly if you want?!?... 1) Check pickups at connection to TCI module as previously...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 3, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  16. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Yes: someone else competing for the 'Golden Bull Award' I see!?. .
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 3, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  17. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi 'Polock' - just a 'quickie' (as it's British Grand Prix Weekend at Silverstone; and I'm 'backwards and forwards like a yo-yo' at present - ten...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 2, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  18. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    I do a lot with 'specialist' vehicles (self-builds, 'one-offs' etc.) and the 'technical' side of motorsport (safety, etc.); and in the course of...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jul 1, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  19. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi, I have to say I was doing some very quick checks indeed to hopefully 'rule out' the pickups - before suggesting Pat K. should go ahead and...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 30, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  20. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 30, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  21. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Mine was fairly grim! If the 3-way goes short-circuit, it will likely burn out the stator coils: if open-circuit (on just one wire) the unit will...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 26, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  22. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hope my TCI module is not about to go t**s up!? I was 'fiddling about' attempting to 'rule out' a faulty TCI module by getting a 'healthy' one...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 26, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  23. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Just one other thing. It is very common for TCI pickups to 'go down' when your engine warms up - then (temporarily...) 'recover' when it cools...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 26, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  24. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi, I've just been trying to get together a few tests I could then tell you how to replicate (my model is a 1993 XJ900F - but I believe your...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 26, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  25. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi there, I'm in the UK - 'right next door' to Silverstone Circuit (F1 G.P. in a week's time!!!...).... If our friend can send his TCI module to...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 25, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  26. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Just getting the hang of how things work on this site - and I might just have resent some of your own text/info as a 'reply' in error: if so -...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 25, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  27. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 25, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  28. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Just read your update; and what everyone else has suggested.... Also thought a little 'clarification' may be helpful - as perhaps my mention of...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 25, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  29. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 24, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  30. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi again, I don't think the single spark on switching off the ignition (or 'kill') is total confirmation that your TCI module is OK: it does...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 24, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  31. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Hi, I would think it unlikely to be the coil packs, or pickups - unless both are failing simultaneously? Failure of one unit would cause cylinders...
    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 24, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  32. OrgangrinderA
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    Electrical issues... please HELP!

    Post by: OrgangrinderA, Jun 24, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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