Hello I am rewiring my cdi due to the wires coming out of the plug and no way to get a diagram or anyone who knows anything on my model. This is the way I have wired the CDI now before the orange and green and white were spliced together but after a month of trying to get this thing going i figure i will just do my own wiring the way most say it is done? BTW its a Yamabuggy 250 (slgk 250R) purchased from olsonpowersports.net and as my kind deed for the day i am warning all do not buy from them BBB is all over them they are horrible. If anyone could let me know if this is correct or even give me some pointers i have had this thing about a month and a half and its been down for over a month. BIG DOOR STOP lol
Thanks,
Dan

 

You definitely don't want to have the trigger input and coil output wired together. The wiring as you showed in the picture above looks OK. Since the colors are non standard, are you sure the colors go where you think they do? For example, you have an orange wire for the coil output pin on the CDI. If you go over to your ignition coil do you also see an orange wire coming out of the wiring harness that hooks to the ignition coil? And are these two wire ends connected (measure continuity with an ohmmeter)? Verify the trigger connection in the same way.

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Thank you for your reply especially on vacation i really do appreciate it! ok i went back through and found that the reading on the trigger wire was due to a bare slice contacting the frame slightly so now when i ohm it out it is reading as open OL but when i do an ac voltage reading disconnected i am getting .2-.3 vac? so if the reading is correct in ac how can that be possible that the trigger can read as open? i cut the harness all the way up to where it connects to the stator connectors and nothing is spliced in just runs straight from stator to cdi. i will see if i can find another coil for this model but from what i have been told the manufacturer stopped making parts for this model already and it is a 2010... maybe i will order a stator to if i am lucky enough to find one compatible. Again thank you so much for your help and dedication you have been the only one in over a month to actually try to help me. I hope you enjoy your vacation!
Dan

 

Open is not right. So if you go back to the wire connection right at the stator and measure the resistance to ground there do you still measure open? If so you have a problem inside the stator. I would take the side cover off and look further to see if I can see an open wire. Then take the stator off and see if you can see a problem that can be fixed.

It may be that the AC signal that you're measuring is caused by just capacitive pickup from signals from adjacent wires in the wiring harness. This is further supported by the fact that you get a reduced voltage for the trigger signal with the CDI hooked up. Normally the output voltage of the trigger pickup coil is the same whether it is loaded by the 5K ohm input impedance to the CDI or not. But this wouldn't be true for pickup from adjacent wires.

There are so many generic parts out there that fit numerous quads. Just because your manufacturer isn't around anymore doesn't mean their supplier of bolt on parts isn't providing the same generic parts to several other manufacturers.

Internet connections have been a little slow (but free), and doable if I don't try to connect during peak hours. Perhaps if I stayed at more upscale hotels where there aren't weeds growing in the parking lot it would be better...

 

You should be at a five star! I figured it out! The pickup was reading open because it wasn't grounded:-) oddly enough it works opposite the way most others work? The kill switch is actually wired straight the the other lead off the coil and controls the ground for that? Before all this happend I actually had the kill switch disconnected and it ran fine? Although it was wired differently before... still not sure how it worked with the coil and trigger wire spliced together? Lynn I owe you a case of beer you saved the day! Actually the month! Thank you so much for all your help! Enjoy your vacation you deserve it!
Dan

 

I'm glad you got it working, Dan .

 

Thank you again so much couldn't have done it without you!