Great video showing these results. I'm dealing with 1981 Honda CT70 & finding out that my spark is blue but sometimes others have mentioned that the condenser being so old (as your showing) isn't up to par. I have spark/fuel, etc. but will not start. Yes, getting new condenser/spark plug & coil to eliminate my hassle & time. Thanks again for showing this video. My channel: Wildman RG3
@@ka0skontrol504take a look at the information with the meter actually OL means overloaded in any selection of the meter Cheers open loop open circuit meaning just slang meaning the same thing
Good video dude. Thanks very much. Found my problem thanks to your video. I had a joiner between the coil and condenser which ended up having loads of resistance. So it would discharge fine at the joiner area, but wouldn’t discharge at the coil end. Legend.
You can go to capacitance measurement mode by going three clicks right past your ohmmeter mode. A direct reading is definitely much easier than waiting for voltage to drop from a charged capacitor.😂
@@AdamzGarage the spark seemed strong when I tested it, but under load it may have been breaking down. im wondering if the ignition caused the backfiring.. im thinking that the H model with the flywheel weight timing advance set up may not be as refined as the ones without. levers under spring tension that kick out from centrifugal force that varies the inserted lobe doesnt seem too accurate?
That's because of two reasons. One, it makes it more complicated and two, different bikes have different configurations and some if not most of them use the body of the condenser as the negative point on it. Basically, it means that you would introduce too many extra variables by trying to test it while it's still bolted to the bike.
sorry but those #s dont mean anything you can not test a capasitor with an ohmmeter they are rated in micro fareds you need a microfared meter to test them my trk need a 27 micro fared capisitor for max current to spark you can install wrong value it will work to a degree but causes your points to pit --- check if the points are pitting ---wrong or defective capisitor swap it out
Great video showing these results. I'm dealing with 1981 Honda CT70 & finding out that my spark is blue but sometimes others have mentioned that the condenser being so old (as your showing) isn't up to par. I have spark/fuel, etc. but will not start. Yes, getting new condenser/spark plug & coil to eliminate my hassle & time. Thanks again for showing this video. My channel: Wildman RG3
@@wildman3541 thanks for the comment, I'll check your channel out,👍
@AdamzGarage thank you
awesome how to vid. thanks so much for taking the time to post that, both with a good and bad condenser.
Thanks for the comment, glad it helped. 👍
This video explains a lot and it helped me to diagnose what was burning my contact breaker points on my old Kawasaki KZ305
I also have a kz305. It's been a problem child
Thanks Adamz, good video, I believe 'OL' on the multimeter stands for Open Loop.
OL stands for Open Line... but you were close enough. Just thought I'd clarify 😃
@@ka0skontrol504take a look at the information with the meter actually OL means overloaded in any selection of the meter Cheers open loop open circuit meaning just slang meaning the same thing
Good video dude. Thanks very much.
Found my problem thanks to your video.
I had a joiner between the coil and condenser which ended up having loads of resistance. So it would discharge fine at the joiner area, but wouldn’t discharge at the coil end.
Legend.
nice explanation...others only test the ohm not when discharging
To anyone wanting to know if their condenser is faulty, this is an exciting video.
Awesome and very helpful. Thank you sir!
Your welcome 👍
Very useful advise thanks
Thank you this really helped out am working on old outboards. So the slower and the more volts it holds back is a bad capasitor. Thanks again.
Yeah thats pretty much the just of it. Glad it helped!!
Great info / thanks!!!
Helped me ! Thanks
Great! Glad it helped.
Great video!!
Thank you!!
Very thorough thanks
Thanks for the comment 👍
@@AdamzGarage love it when a content creator tries to respond to their comments. It shows that they care. 👍
Ive been trying to find it on a 1978 c90
You can go to capacitance measurement mode by going three clicks right past your ohmmeter mode. A direct reading is definitely much easier than waiting for voltage to drop from a charged capacitor.😂
'67 Honda "305" Scrambler starts and runs and the left cylinder cuts out after about 30 seconds. I'll give this a try.
Why do you have comments off on some of your videos?
will a motor run with a bad condensor.. im trying to set my timing with a light and battery but it doesnt dim the light.. bike runs, but not well
It can actually cause a weak spark, which will cause rough running .
@@AdamzGarage the spark seemed strong when I tested it, but under load it may have been breaking down. im wondering if the ignition caused the backfiring.. im thinking that the H model with the flywheel weight timing advance set up may not be as refined as the ones without. levers under spring tension that kick out from centrifugal force that varies the inserted lobe doesnt seem too accurate?
my condensor read .003 MFD .. so I think it is shot.. I will check the new one for future reference.
@@randy1ization yeah sounds like it's bad.👍
the new capacitor reads. .002 on the 200 mfd scale
Was kinda thinking you were going to show how many farads it is supposed to be. But your meter doesn't even measure farads
MIne would not move of O.L so I guess it's bad. (and for you Americans there is an L in solder, its not spelled soder. )
And there's a t in "Tuesday" ;)
@@SamCyanide no.... it’s chewsday.... with a Ch.
Don't forget Turdsday
alu- mimimum...
Nobody does this with it in the bike :/
That's because of two reasons. One, it makes it more complicated and two, different bikes have different configurations and some if not most of them use the body of the condenser as the negative point on it. Basically, it means that you would introduce too many extra variables by trying to test it while it's still bolted to the bike.
sorry but those #s dont mean anything you can not test a capasitor with an ohmmeter they are rated in micro fareds you need a microfared meter to test them my trk need a 27 micro fared capisitor for max current to spark you can install wrong value it will work to a degree but causes your points to pit --- check if the points are pitting ---wrong or defective capisitor swap it out