Sounds more like the pickup coil. Take the ignition cover off the nose cone on the right side of you motor. Check the epoxy and the wires where they go into the epoxy.Because of the heat cycles, over time the epoxy melts, letting the wires move away from their contacts. After the epoxy cools and shrinks back down, allowing the wires to again make contact. If you see any evidence of the epoxy running down the pickup, replace it. It's an easy job, you just have to re-time the bike after installing a new one.
SOURCE: 2000 Harley Davidson XLC Sportster 883 won't start
the heat from the bulb being continiuosly on may have melted a wire inside your headlight?
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Check in eBay or Google it, else contact your local dealer and ask for one or where to get one.
SOURCE: I have a 1979 harley
The original wires, one blue and one white, were with the points ignition. The white wire should be the "Hot" wire. Now, look at your wiring diagram. The two white wires should go together to one side of the coil and the blue to the other. There is no positive or negative side of the coil, just two small primary winding terminals. Make sure the white wire from the ignition system is the "hot" or power wire for 12 volts. If you connect the ignition unit up backwards, it will damage it. To make sure the white wire on the bike is the hot wire, simply turn the ignition switch on and check this wire with a test light or volt meter. It should show battery voltage on it. That should be your setup, two white wires on one end of the coil and a blue wire on the other.
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Steve
SOURCE: how do i test
Use an ohm meter and test the resistance across the primary circuit of the coil. Put the meter in R X 1. Put one meter lead on one of the small connections on the coil and the black lead on the other small connections. You meter should read 2.0-3.0 ohms.
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Steve
SOURCE: 1979 xlch sportster....getting power to
Take the plugs out of the heads, put them back in the wires, and lay the plugs on the heads so that they have a good ground. Turn the ignition on and then turn it back off. When you turn the ignition switch off, you should see a spark. If you do, then something is wrong with the ignition unit. If you do not see a spark, you have a bad coil or a wiring problem. You can also do this test by "hot wiring" the coil. Any tine you put 12 volts to the coil then stop it, you should get a spark.
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Steve
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