Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.
<!--quoteo(post=10321:date=Sat 8th Jul 2006, 08:40 PM:name=UncleSimon)-->QUOTE(UncleSimon @ Sat 8th Jul 2006, 08:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I solved mine by using self amalgamating tape on the coils.
Works a treat!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
ahh i didn't actually seal up the coils but i did seal up the leads and plug caps with self amalg tape.
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Yeah damp seal works for a while. My very first ever post on Carpe was about this. I bodged it with damp seal for a while. Then after noticing it arcing from lead to frame, eventually replaced the leads and waterproofed the bassads.
Just make sure you overlap slightly at both ends (the plug caps at one end and coils at t'other). Jobs a carrot.
You on a 9'er Geordie? Seems to be the mkII's more than the mkI's or 9'ers that are affected!
Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.
I'll get some self -amalgamating tape and do the business.
Cheers, Ivan [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I thought this was just the TPS problem (fixed at recall) but this has just started again on my 2002 900 at 34500 miles, in the torrents of rain on the M62 today
not sure what self amalamagating tape is ..or where I put it
<!--quoteo(post=63815:date=Thu 6th Dec 2007, 11:25 PM:name=Pantboy)-->QUOTE(Pantboy @ Thu 6th Dec 2007, 11:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->self amalgamating tapebeforeafter<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->thats fantastic PB - I will have a go at it tomorrowI am afraid I am a modern-bike-mechanic virgin - it was a lot different rebuilding Tiger '10s in 1967.....dealers must make a fortune from my regular 6000 services!all the bestpete<!--quoteo(post=63822:date=Fri 7th Dec 2007, 12:06 AM:name=Hartside Man)-->QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Fri 7th Dec 2007, 12:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->making sure to dry all components very well before wrapping damp inside [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->many thanks to you as well HMcrikeythe benefits of the TDM site never fail to impress me. all the best pete
I went to buy some of that tape, when I looked at it I was a bit worried about the heat, was it up to the job.
Afterall the lead to the coil on mine rests on the block....... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img]
[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img] DHOOH !!! Thats what is causing it. Its shorting in the rain to the engine block. Hence the misfires !!
Feeling the back of the lead sure enough the lead has an indent where it's been touching.
so my solution is to lift it off the block with a cable tie......
Simple...
I wonder if all 900 leads touch the top of the engine block ?
Cheers, Ivan
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<!--quoteo(post=64256:date=Thu 13th Dec 2007, 04:57 AM:name=dwayne dibley)-->QUOTE(dwayne dibley @ Thu 13th Dec 2007, 04:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Blimey! Just checked mine, exactly the same! Add another quirk to the 900.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Too bad Yamaha hasn't figured this out yet. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]
When my bike ticks over, every now and a gain the revs drop then pick up again, and if i 'blip' the throttle the revs were slow to catch up. Removed the side panels as I could hear a ticking sound, and lo an behold. A spark from the HT lead to the frame. Done the tape fix, and what a transformation, its like having my old bike back. No rough running, no rev drops, sweet.
So good had to ride it to Llangollen just for fun, the grin factor is back [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
I been lurking in here awhile now. got my tdm850 a few weeks ago. and it ran good. up until i had it serviced. then the genius mech sprayed water all over and its been runnig like a dog ever since.
i did up the amalgamating bit.... but it still drags...
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