Replacement ignition coil

daywalker · Post by **daywalker** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:34 pm

I am looking for a replacement ignition coil for my CA77 Dream. I checked ebay and I found this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-CA77-305- ... b9&vxp=mtr It doesn't look like the one on my bike so I was wondering if this is a good replacement. Otherwise I'd like to know where else I could get one or if there's a different coil I could use that would work. Thanks!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:36 pm

Why do you need a new coil? I saw your bike running in the video you posted.

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daywalker · Post by **daywalker** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:42 pm

Not running anymore... As soon as I put electricity through it the coil, it got really hot and the engine won't start. :/ I guess I could be mistaken. I was trying to start it for a while before I touched the coil. I swapped mufflers and had to take the upper half of the pipes that go into the engine block off to do so. I'm hoping I didn't mess anything up in that regard.

cadman · Post by **cadman** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:22 pm

Coils get hot. It doesn't mean they are bad. Remove a spark plug and touch it to ground. Crank the engine and see if you get a spark.

Almost any coil will work if you need one. Any Honda two or four cylinder coil will work.

daywalker · Post by **daywalker** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:24 am

Well, nevermind. I got to thinking. Dangerous, I know... So, I pulled out the spark plugs and behold they were fouled. I took a wire brush and cloth to them, put them back in and voilà! Started right up and now has solved the engine power issue as well! Why didn't I think of this before? I've always known these things are usually something simple. Thanks for all the help everyone. Got some new pipes on there that sound pretty good. I'll have to post some pics on a different topic soon.

cadman · Post by **cadman** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:17 am

So my question is --- Why were the plugs fouled and what have you done to correct this?

If they fouled once t hey will foul again.

daywalker · Post by **daywalker** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:07 am

cadman wrote:So my question is --- Why were the plugs fouled and what have you done to correct this?

If they fouled once t hey will foul again.

Well. That's good question. I haven't the slightest clue. I do know that the engine seems to keep flooding. I'm think it's the gas that keeps getting onto the end of the plugs that fouled them in the first place. Bike ran well last night. I tried starting the engine this morning and it's not firing up. I noticed that the ends of the plugs kept getting wet with gas. I've taken the plugs off and am drying them out while the gas hopefully evaporates inside the engine. I'll leave it for a few hours. Not sure what else to do from there.