Hi everyone. I'm a brand new trial member and I found your place specifically through this thread. About a month ago I purchased an 84 Venture project that had a 1300 engine swapped for a broken 1200. The previous owner had swapped the good 13 for the bad 12 and he told me he had it running but it quit and he couldn't get it to run again. Anyway, he sold me the entire thing incuding the bad 1200 engine; he'd even bought an 88 wiring harness with TCI box that he incuded.
So, I have an 84 Venture (not the Royal) that isn't damaged but didin't fire with the old TCI. I bought another TCI off ebay and the bike starts with it but there's no spark on cyl #3. I've checked the pickup coils for resistance and they seem fine. I've swapped the coil leads from cyl #2 which fires fine to #3 and that fires fine, so I'm sure the coil, plug and plug wire is fine on #3.
All I could figure was that the TCI was bad, so and this is where this thread comes in - I searched online for someone selling new ignition boxes for the Venture and I found this thread.
I ordered a TCI-P4 unit from Ignitech, it has arrived and what do you think? Nothing!! The bike won't fire or even cough. It isn't even as good as the old TCI it's repacing.
I've emailed Ignitech for help but they may be on vacation, I don't know.
I installed the software and connected their unit to my laptop and when I hit the starter button it does show rpm and pickup coil signals but there's no spark at the plugs.
I expected their unit to plug and play and I don't know where to go from here.
Can I use their software to tell me what's going on?
Any help would be appreciated.
Dan