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ignitor question?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by project1, Aug 16, 2011.

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    project1 Member

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    perhaps this is too general of a question but i'm curious...does an ignitor typically fail over time or all of a sudden?
     
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    how about this, it either works or it doesn't
     
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    yeah Id pretty much say that sums it up. any way test that bugger before you try it out? Probably just need to call chacal, worst case you have a spare. Im in the boat with you and I think thats what Im gonna do.
     
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    Usually it will fail for one "channel" - i.e. no spark on 2/3 or no spark on 1/4. General and complete failure seems to be more rare.

    However, since a number of TCI failures are due to dry electrolytic caps and cracked solder joints, intermittant (often vibration sensitive) issues in one channel are not uncommon.
     
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    well, i picked up a used one off ebay from a bike with 16K miles and the guy guarantees it to work. $45 with shipping included SEEMS like a good deal. SQLGuy...thanks...that's exactly what i used to narrow it down to the ignitor.
     
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