Post by 2stroke on Nov 15, 2016 21:52:17 GMT -5
Hello all.
I bought an old XT500, 6/79 which tells me its a 1980? in any case, it has the CDI ignition.
The wiring was a mess and all I want to do is ride it off road....vintage MX to be exact. I removed most of the harness....
Coming out of the stator area, the harness there splits off....there is a group of individual connectors that all go to the CDI box...no problem there, that was intact.
There is also a 4 position connector coming off the stator.....black, blue, yellow and white. Thats where I need some advice....
Black goes to a ground. The other 3 are hanging there right now.
The Ignition coil has white and black....the white turns to orange about half way to the CDI....the black goes to the CDI....
I assume the black is the switched ground, and the white to orange is the hot lead for the coil.
The CDI itself has the previously mentioned set of 4 indivivual push connectors headed to the stator....and also the two wires going to the coil. There is a third wire, black coded white that used to run to the ignition switch....I assume when grounded, that would kill the ignition.
Its already helping me typing this out...! Is there a simple diagram out there I could follow? I did search....I will try and track down a factory diagram either way, but Im out of time tonight!
Thanks in advance!
I bought an old XT500, 6/79 which tells me its a 1980? in any case, it has the CDI ignition.
The wiring was a mess and all I want to do is ride it off road....vintage MX to be exact. I removed most of the harness....
Coming out of the stator area, the harness there splits off....there is a group of individual connectors that all go to the CDI box...no problem there, that was intact.
There is also a 4 position connector coming off the stator.....black, blue, yellow and white. Thats where I need some advice....
Black goes to a ground. The other 3 are hanging there right now.
The Ignition coil has white and black....the white turns to orange about half way to the CDI....the black goes to the CDI....
I assume the black is the switched ground, and the white to orange is the hot lead for the coil.
The CDI itself has the previously mentioned set of 4 indivivual push connectors headed to the stator....and also the two wires going to the coil. There is a third wire, black coded white that used to run to the ignition switch....I assume when grounded, that would kill the ignition.
Its already helping me typing this out...! Is there a simple diagram out there I could follow? I did search....I will try and track down a factory diagram either way, but Im out of time tonight!
Thanks in advance!