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I managed to get home the last 2 miles firing on just 1 cylinder when I got caught out in a deluge last year.... 4 cylinders in light drizzle, 3 in moderate rain, 2 in a downpour and 1 in a full on deluge. Never mind, I didn't have to walk home, good old Hettie.
Sealing the HT leads where they go into the coils was the big problem for me when I was an all weather rider, I kept having problems and one night I looked under the tank and it was like an electrical storm under there. Previous to that I tried sealing the plug caps and even putting sections of hosepipe over the leads, in the end a blob of Araldite on each lead where it went into the coils fixed it. We seemed to use Araldite for everything in those days.CheersDennis
Everytime it seems I give my CB400F2 a really good wash down, it's done without a hose, I seem to get starting issues followed by running on less than one piston at least for awhile, today she behaved so like an old man I rode her home again. Is there any issue on these bikes thats notorious for this and what to do?
Turn the coils back to front so the leads go out the back, feed the HT lines over the engine clipping them in place. Did mine years ago and never had a single problem with them no matter what the weather.