Running rough

Well I never turned a wrench on a bike until I got my 76. I managed to check and change shims without hurting myself or the bike. Only tool I had to buy was a in/lb torque wrench.
Hope OMR's links get you the FSM you need. :whistle: Had to look up A&P mechanic to see what it was.

Yeah fun stuff osage,, I noticed your from Nebraska me to :woohoo: Omaha and you?

Yeah I wish that link worked but if you or the wise one read above Cough*Cough I cant get to it for some reason I get a big spank and a no no when I try to get to it.. patton alreadyt gave me all that and more :pinch: Im behind some pretty prestigous firewalls.. the kind the FBI use lol but Im going to try it from a friends house later also trying another one from ebay at 500 pages ink, paper, time,quality I may just wait to get a hard copy from ebag, I'm trying to convince myself to keep this bike or just swap meet it ??
Mike Cheers

I'm up in Burt Co. outside of Craig. Firewall at work blocks alot of the pics here and I don't even try download links. But I can try from home if you don't have any luck then snail mail it on a disc.

Old Man Rock wrote: Free Manuals:
1981-83 KZ1000/KZ1100

Z1, KZ900, 78-80KZ1000

That first link works fine for me.
Didn't try the second one.

I was finally able to get to the manual, :woohoo: from a friends pc Im going to flash drive it and take it to work to be printed so I can collate and bind it in a hard cover Thanks again guys have a sfae a fun 4TH
Mike Cheers

Glad you got the FSM. Have a good 4th, I'll be watching for fireworks from work.

Glad you were able to get the manuals....

From your original post, something missing here or maybe I just miss read :blush: is the extremely low coil voltages @ 10.5Vdc.... Possibly low battery voltage where requires charging.

Same time, while idling should be ~ 13Vdc, @ 3500 + rpm should be up to ~ 14.5Vdc.

If she's not properly charging and truly only have ~10-11Vdc then she will run rough with out a doubt. Basically, that's ~ 1/3rd missing spark energy off the plugs. Thus she's not fully burning the fuel in the compression chamber & most likely running extremely rich.... Plugs all carbon?

Your manual will have a procedure for Dynamo/Rectifier/Regulator testing & measurements. Insure the frame/engine is ideally grounded for the Dyna plate requires grounding.

Also, using Dyna coils...? If so, did you insulate the mounting posts...?
With these coils, the +12Vdc posts can arch to the mounting post/grounded frame robbing your coil voltage...

Should be similar to this one the Z1/KZ9000/ 77-80KZ100




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