well lads iv finally cracked. last few times i was out for a spin me betsy (1993 tdm 850 3vd, matt blacked,frame done a baby blue, two into one micron can thats loud as f. straight handle bars thats got 3 inch risers, and adjustable shock on rear that rose rear up 3 inches from the standard one which was knackered). has not been kind ,in last 8 months i have probably done 500 kms because there is some lecci issue. i have put two standard shunt type 4 pin reg /rec and a new coil also, the coil is the one which has two pin connector but has two sparkplug wires exiting, instead of what appears to be the standard two coils which has 1 sparkplug wire exiting from each coil. i said i would fit a volt metre so that i could monitor the volts, wired up the v metre, wire running back to the - on battery and tapped into + on wiring loom under front nose cone. found a wire which read same as battery and was dead with ignition turned off. i also ordered a new stator as i said it must be the cause of the problem, took it out and it was blackened, if memory serves i was getting 0.7 on the ohms on all 3 white wires, sourced a stator and regulator from a breaker, so second hand to save few bucks.
stator arrived and inside and outer diameter were the same and same block connector, however the stator was 5 mil wider , and the reg/ rec was the 5 pin that looks like the rr98 reg/rec.i fitted the reg/rec if u can picture this,the 3 bottom pins are white,top pins are red on the left and what was the earth connector that was bolted in when bolting reg/rec on, i changed the connector and goes on the right of the 5 pin. i fitted this new stator and was ticking over nicely at 14.1 volts at 1500 rpm on me new voltmetre.while having a multimetre connected directly to the battery to make sure the voltmetre was reading right. perfect or so i thought, put back all fairing . went for test spin, soon as i put it into gear , the bloody volt metre went out, and when i clutched it it came back. i had just wired into i presume the wire for sensors to make sure that wont start with stand down unless clutch pulled, so coulsd only monitor volts in neutral or clutch pulled( do not do this at home folks,wire into the ignition wires), went for spin anyhow, 3 miles in it started to stutter, i clutched and seen 16 and 17 volts, turned off for few min and she started again,went again through town slow moving traffic, under 3000 rpm it ran like dung, would be miss firing, unsure of volts, went out straight road and gunned it. rev metre went nuts but engine not doing any overreving, then just died, trailer ed it home and it startrd again no issues, giving out 14.1 volts. after few minutes of ticking over it was delivering 17 volts again through vothmetre,
what do any of you lads suggest i do next, i was thinking, get standard 4 pin connector and fit wires back to suit.
could it be a timing issue as well as electy issue, how do i check the timing to ensure its right, any links to it
would valve clearances cause bad running to this degree. ill pop on few pictures when i get the chance
cheers lads and lassies in advance. i v owned betsy 2 years and i hope that it will be a family heirloom, do not intend getting rid of her for a long time but its driving me ta drink.
