84 tecate wiring question

[cwolfe]

hey guys I have a 84 red tecate that I am putting together. I have run the coil, stator, and control switch, my question I have connected the blk and yellow wire off the switch to the blk wire on the cdi and the blk and white to the blk and white I get spark when switch is on and none with it off but does it need a ground run off the blk cdi wire to the frame. the wiring diagram has a ground symbol in the middle of the wire and I don't know if it is just saying that it is a ground wire or it needs to be grounded to the frame. if someone could clarify this it would great! thank you in advance.

[nd4speed]

post number 220 on this page:
http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/94809-Kxt250-Tecate-3-What-Parts-Fit-Swap-Interchange/page15

my bad that is kx250, maybe it will help?

On page one at the top is a link to the 86 Tecate supplement manual, try looking at that wiring.

[RubberSalt]

1 side of the Kill switch goes the black white wire on the cdi. The other side grounds out.
Green white to the coil. The 3 wireconnector goes to the stator (White/red, 1 black, and blue).

Yellow is for lights. All lights go to yellow, the other side of the light goes to ground.

[cwolfe]

thank you for responding rubbersalt. so does the black wire on the cdi ground to the frame and the black wire with the yellow stripe from the switch also? the 3 prong plug is connected to the stator and another set of 2 wires coming out grn/whte is hooked to the coil and the blck one needs to be grounded right?

[Meat-BoX]

A little off topic but I did not notice if you had an original stator/flywheel setup or new Ricky Style. If you have the Original I would look into going new. It a high percentage the original will blow due to age and style. I learned the hard way over a 2 year period and 3 setups. Some1 on here is redoing them?
(jeswinehart)
and while your at it you might want to look at your Carb Boot. They dry rot and then you get an air leak and they are rare to find a good one. I believe he is still doing those. And he is a Top Guy that you can trust and Support.
I did a whole Tecate and the last I did was Stator/flywheel. Took it all the way to Brapps ride and it blew 1 minute off the trailer in the cold weather. I then went with a Ricky Stator and that self imploded 30 minutes after install. ALWAYS TAKE OUT SCREWS ON RICKYS AND LOC TIGHT THEM. I got my second after clearly stating what happened and it still came loose. I loc tighted em and she rips.
You might want to forget the headlight also unless you going all original. Im to old to try my luck at night with that small amount of light,lol. Then you can mount a UFO style # Plate instead. Just some ideas.

[cwolfe]

thanks meat box i do have a new ricky stator and flywheel and i will loc tight the screws thanks for the info. i also have a new intake boot i bought off feebay. the lights i do have but i plan on putting them on but not wiring them in just yet i need to figure out how to ground the cdi properly before i try to fire it i know that cdi is hard to find. thanks for the info!

[RubberSalt]

Black goes to ground(frame or engine), black white/(or black yellow) goes to the kill switch.

I've started redoing the coils on my own, they are very cheap to rewind. I've got a little more R&D before I can test them out. My CDI took a dive.. So I'm recreating that (There's a thread about it).

I've got a set up to run DC lights (ultra high powered led in my case), but once again, it's on hold until my CDI is done lol

It's a process of converting the AC to DC then regulating the DC to 12V for some lights, and a few of my other will need to run at 8V. I've got to build a step down controller for those 8 volts. I'm making it as efficient as possible.

[cwolfe]

hey thanks rubbersalt that is what i needed to know. i thought you needed to ground it to the bike the wire diagram from the manual didnt make it very clear.