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Electronic ignition
« on: February 15, 2023, 05:11:18 PM »
I saw a thread that contained the fitting information about EI but I can't for the life of me find it.
I'm looking for the instructions for my EI as I'm going to service the advance unit and want to be able to check my timing at the same time.
Many thanks in advance. No pun intended!

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Re: Electronic ignition
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2023, 05:57:58 PM »
Presumably the advance retard is still operational and not locked ?

Anyway, to set after removing, looks like its got a red led on plate and usually you'd set the crank to 1:4 F Mark, then turn the electronic plate until the led is going off or on with crank in that position. That shoukd set it for all functions.

Double check is to strobe it when running to see if it's stable at that F 1:4 mark.

That should be it. There's no 2:3 set on some like this as that's fixed by the ignition plate having geometry of trigger exactly at 180 degree to match cylinder offset between 1:4 & 2:3 from crankshaft design.

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Re: Electronic ignition
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2023, 08:05:36 PM »
Thanks K2-K6 for that info.
I’ve marked the plate anyway so should be close.
If anyone has the actual instructions I’d like to add them to my paperwork for future ref
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Tim

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Re: Electronic ignition
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2023, 08:21:33 PM »
Just found it supplied by cmsl here https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb550k3-four-england_model14671/ignition-assyelectronic-kokusan_03020300506/ fir sale.

If you scroll down that page you can see instructions to look at with pdf viewer.  I got the setup right i think as reading after it seems exactly what they do  ;D Led should come on as you rotate plate to find timing point.

For some reason I couldn't clip it as image to post it here.

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Re: Electronic ignition
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2023, 08:23:53 PM »
These were the instructions for the one on my 500


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Re: Electronic ignition
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2023, 09:38:10 PM »
Cheers guys
Perfect
Many thanks

 

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