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HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:48 am
by balen1
Hey could some one please explain to me what the piston sequence is on the nc35 is?

Do cylinders 1 through to 4 all fire at different times or do 1 and 4 fire together and 2 and 3 together for eg?

Do the spark plug leads off the HT coils both spark or are they individual?

Just curious because the colour coding from the ICU to the coils seems opposite to what the Haynes manual says for eg: yellow with blue pin stripe from the ICU to the rear coils goes to cylinder 1 and black with white pin stripe goes to 3 but on my bike its opposite. It seems to be running fine but just curios to know if this is correct.The front coils are the same, also would just like to know how the coils fire in relations to piston timing for knowledge as I enjoy working on my bikes.

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:52 pm
by magg
You have interpreted the wiring diagram incorrectly. There are only two Ignition coils with dual outputs shared between the cylinder pairs. The black/white wire is battery power that goes to both coils. The blue/yellow and yellow/blue wires are the control signals from the ignition control unit to each ignition coil. The physical position of each wire at each coil has no relationship to the ignition coil output lead or the wiring diagram.

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:37 pm
by balen1
Ok so both leads will spark for cylinder 1 and 3 for eg. Wich means the leads of the rear coil don't matter wich of the two rear cylinders it goes to. Is this correct?

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:53 pm
by magg
That is correct.

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 11:00 pm
by balen1
Ok cool thanks good to know. So does that mean both there rear 2 pistons move up and down together. And the front to move up and down together.

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:53 am
by gavins
No, it's whats called a wasted spark arrangement, so both cylinders get a spark even though only one of them needs it at that point in the 4 stroke cycle.

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 4:48 am
by balen1
Ok cool good to know thanks

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 2:31 am
by Morespeedvicar
Yeah the front pair and the back pair move up and down together, its called a 360 degree crank. I think the nc24 and earlier use a 180 degree crank so one would be at the tdc and the other at bdc, that's why they sound different.

Re: HT coils and piston sequence

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:41 am
by balen1
Oh k yeh thats what I thought cool thanks for the info