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Old May 6, 2015 | 01:01 PM
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Default 1991 big bear..Quit whie riding, now no spark

Was riding for a few hours and it just quit! Had a small issue earlier but it fired up within 5 minutes and ran strong for another couple of hours.
Now it wont fire at all.

What I've looked at so far.
Primary coil .4 K ohm (.32- .48 Spec)
Secondary 15.5 ohm (5.68-8.52 spec) What would cause this? Wire disconnected.
Pick up coil is within spec
Stator has 7.3 volts when cranking.
Is it possible that the coil went for a crap??
Are these a magneto style coil?? the wire that hooks to it is actually a kill wire to ground when you shut the key off?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Old May 8, 2015 | 09:05 AM
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anybody?????
 
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Old May 8, 2015 | 09:11 AM
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Here is a good video. Its a Worrior but its the same 348cc motor as yours.

 
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Old May 8, 2015 | 01:29 PM
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I checked the pickup.. its seems to work.. reading the pulse.
 
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Old May 8, 2015 | 03:24 PM
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If the coil specs are out of allowable range,(plug cap checked also)it's the cheapest of the electrical items to replace,before you blow money on a cdi or stator etc on a hunch. If this add is true, seems like they've sold quite a few of them. 11 bucks shipped. http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-Ignition-Coil-YFM350-YFM-350-Big-Bear-Raptor-Warrior-1987-2009-ATV-/271464978622?hash=item3f3492d8be&vxp=mtr
 
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Old May 11, 2015 | 06:56 AM
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Well... My buddy has the same bike. What I did was, Put my coil and cdi box on his bike and it started right up.
I checked the output from his stator and compared to mine.. both around 90 v ac.
Guess that leaves the pickup coil. I'll order one and see what happens.
 
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