monkeyhanger Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi folks, quite new to the owners club, as you can see from my user name I am from Hartlepool, I am using a 1989 xj600 pre diversion comuting 80-100 miles per day and have used the bike in all weathers with out fault the bike show nearly 70,000 of which i have done 40,000+ in the last 3 years. Last month it lost cylinders 1 and 4 having investigated the ignition system the fault was traced to the ignitor unit,could not get one from any dismantlers and yamaha wanted £500 for a replacement.So decided toopen cdi unit found two transistors in aluminium heat sinks, using a basic multimeter found one was showing no readings.Using the numbers on the transistors I found an equivalent in the CPC catalogue (www.cpc.co.uk) their code SC06850. iT IS A DARLINGTON TRANSISTOR BDW42G cost 76p plus postage plus VAT I bought 3 for less than a tenner including postage A little bit of soldering and Iam fully mobile again Hope this helps somebody The Monkeyhanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkwindjammer Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thats genius m8, just shows what can be done, did you break toys when you were a kid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thats brilliant stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baker Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 500 or less than a tenner, thats what you call proper scandalous. How can yamaha charge that much when you can fix it yourself for no more than a couple of quid? Good on you mate, thats what you call proper smarts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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