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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB350/400 => Topic started by: Laverda Dave on June 07, 2016, 10:33:50 PM
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I'm having to replace the coils and plug caps on the 400/4 project as the old ones are past it being cracked and broken.
DSS has the correct? black plug caps for cylinders 2&3 but not 1&4. The price seems a bit on the expensive side though and I can only get two but need all four so I'm looking at buying a full set of black NGK's from e-bay at a third of the price.
Can anyone advise of the correct NGK plug cap ordering codes, there appears to be so many all with slightly different angles?Does anyone know if I can get the coils cheaper on e-bay, DSS are charging 29.95+vat+p&p per coil?
I'll post a few pics of the rebuild so far in the next few days, the engine is now complete and ready to fit into the frame and the marathon carb re-build is finally over but they are not yet tested for leaks although all the jets, needles, gaskets and o-rings have been changed throughout including the link tubes and I live in hope :-\
Dave
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The NGK codes are shown on the DSS webpages for the relevant plug caps.
On the 350 four 1 and 4 caps are VD05F and 2 and 3 caps are XD05F. It seems to be the same for the 400. They are also showing as in stock.
Be careful with the coils supplied by DSS. The ones I received were only 2 ohm primary resistance instead of the OEM coils 4 ohms. You can get away with this if you have contact breakers although they will burn and pit quicker due to the higher current. I have Boyer electronic ignition which specifies a minimum of 4 ohm coil resistance so I ended up having to wire ballast resistors in series with each coil.
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Be careful with the coils supplied by DSS. The ones I received were only 2 ohm primary resistance instead of the OEM coils 4 ohms.
I glad I just read this post, Thanks
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Thanks for the advice, all now on order :). Obtaining the correct coils with a 4-ohm resistance is proving very, very difficult though!
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I know.
That's why I ended up using ballast resistors with the DSS coils.
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I'm having to replace the coils and plug caps on the 400/4 project as the old ones are past it being cracked and broken.
DSS has the correct? black plug caps for cylinders 2&3 but not 1&4. The price seems a bit on the expensive side though and I can only get two but need all four so I'm looking at buying a full set of black NGK's from e-bay at a third of the price.
Can anyone advise of the correct NGK plug cap ordering codes, there appears to be so many all with slightly different angles?Does anyone know if I can get the coils cheaper on e-bay, DSS are charging 29.95+vat+p&p per coil?
I'll post a few pics of the rebuild so far in the next few days, the engine is now complete and ready to fit into the frame and the marathon carb re-build is finally over but they are not yet tested for leaks although all the jets, needles, gaskets and o-rings have been changed throughout including the link tubes and I live in hope :-\
Dave
Have you seen these?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160973248450?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT