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No spark from right side of contact points on 79 KZ650?

I had my 1979 Kawasaki KZ650C sitting out with the gas tank off while it was being painted and when I put it back together I couldn’t get it started. As I looked into it more I noticed I had no spark coming from the right side of the points. This is the side that has the green wire connected to it from the condenser. I have spark on the left side. I have replaced the condenser as a guess of the problem and it is the same. I replaced the coils on both sides along with new points and condenser at the beginning of the season this year. Checking the resistance on the ohm meter I have accurate readings from both the primary and secondary coils. Where would I look that would cause one side of the points to not spark?

The wires from the points do not seem to have any breaks and all ends are connected that I can see.

Is there someplace that I should start looking in the wiring as I’m not sure of the exact route that the power takes?

I have a service manual and can pretty much work my way through it if I can get an idea of the most practical place to start to take readings.

Any help that you can give me would certainly be appreciated. If I can be of more help to you please let me know. Thanks
Mike D., October 2010
hey im glad to have been of assistance mike, well done mate.take care

adam bike doctor(of milton keynes motorcycle centre), October 2010
Adam, your answer was right on the mark! I tried your suggestions and narrowed it down to just dirty points. THANKS, your the best.

Mike, October 2010
well there isnt much to a points ignition circuit really .firstly you have the primary ignition coils and then the live wires from that goes to the top of the condensers these then link to the points and then up t the secondary ignition coils.so you need to firstly check your primary coil is ok try wiring the wire from the working cylinderi.e 1+4 to the non working one 2+3 so basically take the wire off the primary coil running the working ones and put it to the points and condenser of the non working ones.see if it sparks then on that cylinder.if it doesnt then its not the primary coil.if it does then it is.so if it still doesnt it means its either the points dirty or maladjusted or the condenser is either faulty or shorting to earth the points also need to be insulated where the live wire goes there should be a bakerlite washer there.if neither of these seem to be the problem then it may be the wire from the non running cyclinders points that is shorting to earth on its way up to the secondary ignition coil.the scondary coil has 2 terminals usually one pulsing live from the points and a constant earth if it only has one wire then the coil itself must have a good earth were its bolted to the frame and also the engine must be earthed to the frame seeing as one cylinder is sparking it should not be hard to suss out what is the problem as you can swap bits about to see if anything makes it work.

adam bike doctor(of milton keynes motorcycle centre), October 2010
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