Zippo
XS400 Member
Hello darlins'... nice to see ya. It's been a looong timmmeee. Anywho. I have been trying to diagnose my 82' xs400 intermittent spark issue. I keep dropping a cylinder after the bike sits for awhile. I replaced the old battery that was over charging, the coils and spark plugs. The carbs have been gone through dozens of times and sometimes if I jiggle the wiring harness I get the coil to fire in time but it always skips a fire here and there. I feel a rewire is in order but can I just replace half of the harness as the right side fires perfectly. I will attach a video so you can see with the timing light what I am talking about.