1982 GL1100 Interstate won't start

I would guess it's a good chance the carbs are gummed up. Try squirting a little gas in the plenum. If it starts but doesn't keep running that is the problem.

Spark is there, air is there, the only thing remaining is gas.

You can grasp at straws and remove the fuel feed line from the carbs, turn the engine over and see if the pump/filter feeds gas correctly.

If they do im pretty sure that its time to deal with what i guess you actually know, but dont want to; stripping and cleaning out the carbs.

Aktersnurra said:

Spark is there, air is there, the only thing remaining is gas.

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And compression.

Touche

Dave0430, Dusterdude, and Aktersnurra

Sorry I have taken so long to reply to your latest posts. Been having trouble with posting on the forum, but John Craig got me squared away this afternoon. The next thing I'm going to do is check the connections to the plug for the new coils, and I'll let you know what happens.

QUESTION: With the new coils, if I had the spark plug cables attached to the wrong plugs, what would happen when it turned over? Would it be obvious?

Thanks.

PAPete said:

Dave0430, Dusterdude, and Aktersnurra



QUESTION: With the new coils, if I had the spark plug cables attached to the wrong plugs, what would happen when it turned over? Would it be obvious?

Thanks.

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Depending on where they are it will do nothing or backfire. A picture of how you have it set up would help.

Thanks, Dave. I'll get a picture this afternoon

DaveO430 said:

Depending on where they are it will do nothing or backfire. A picture of how you have it set up would help.

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Thanks, Dave. I'll get the picture to you this afternoon.

PAPete said:

Thanks, Dave. I'll get a picture this afternoon

Thanks, Dave. I'll get the picture to you this afternoon.

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Dave, I'
ve got a jpeg photo on my desktop, but the site is asking for a URL. How do I do that?

PAPete said:

Dave, I'
ve got a jpeg photo on my desktop, but the site is asking for a URL. How do I do that?

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Here's how I have the coils wired:

OLD PLUG NEW PLUG

blk to blk
yel to yel
blu to gray w/red stripe

PAPete said:

Here's how I have the coils wired:

OLD PLUG NEW PLUG

blk to blk
yel to yel
blu to gray w/red stripe

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That tells me nothing. The black wire should go to the center terminal, the yellow to the front terminal, the blue to the rear.

PAPete said:

Dave, I'
ve got a jpeg photo on my desktop, but the site is asking for a URL. How do I do that?

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On the bottom of the page you will see a paper clip. Click on that and go to your desktop and attach the photo. Click on the little down arrow next paper clip and attach.

cihilb said:

On the bottom of the page you will see a paper clip. Click on that and go to your desktop and attach the photo. Click on the little down arrow next paper clip and attach.

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Or you can just drag and drop the photo to the message composition area.

OK, thanks. That's exactly how it's wired. And I did get a spark on all four plugs.

RambozoClown said:

Or you can just drag and drop the photo to the message composition area.

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Or click the photo image to the left of the camera and choose the photo, click it, click open and it attaches.