Hi All, just a quick line about my project bike, built from whatever was under the bench and in some cases the scrap bin. It has always been a bit iffy on reliability, bad cold starting, starts perfect when hot but a bit of a pain if left about half an hour. It's on points and external coil under the tank. Where the coil came from I dont know but it looked new. Anyway I had my TES in for a bit of maintenance after a trial and thought why not put the TES coil on my project runabout! I went for a ride yesterday through the lanes near me for about a 15 mile ride and so far so good, so fingers crossed. I went on Ebay looking for exactly the same Bosch coil with 2 terminals and they are only for sale in the States and at this very moment one is winging its way to Kent, so wish me luck. My TES has had the same external coil for 20 years with no problems at all so I know its a gooden...
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Originally posted by John Pattinson View PostI am too tight!!!!!Last edited by John Wakefield; 28/12/2019, 06:25 PM.
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The coil does not have to be faulty to not work at its best, the dwell angle on the points (the time the points are closed) has to match the coil- I once fitted Bosch (ex Invacar as there were lots in our local scrapyard!) to a 500 Triumph, and had to advance the ignition timing to get it to run properly- I wish I still had one as I would like to try a different coil to one of the two on my ISDT bike to retard the spark to make it more docile. Plugs and coils are duplicated so as to be able to switch if you oil or cook a plug. Peter.
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Just been out on Sunday morning jaunt with my local VMCC West Kent Section for a nice little run round the Kent countryside and ending up in a nice pub. The old Greeves ran well and seems to be cured of of its unreliability issues. Lets hope so!You may only view thumbnails in this gallery. This gallery has 1 photos.1 Photo
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