TY250 A points setting

[motosolex]

1 hour ago, scot taco said:

I bought the points at my local NAPA auto parts store. I just asked for some from an early 70,s Ford 302 or inline six cylinder and I believe the ones I put in were from a six cylinder in a Ranger truck. I mounted them under the tank on the HT coil bracket.

Ok. Thanks ScotTaco. I’d appreciate a picture of the hook up. 

Gracias. 

[Bmonk]

Can't imagine you can swap the ignition source coil for the lighting coil and expect the motor to run properly.Most condensers are .22 mf  and can be mounted external from the points plate.Contact breakers are pretty specific and usually set at .012-.016 " or .3-.4 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scot taco]

Sorry motosolex,I meant to say that I bought the condenser at the parts store and mounted it under the tank not the points.

And yes, swapping the the coils did work and she runs fine.I,m not sure if they are the same part number or not.

[motosolex]

ScotTaco. I figured what you meant. Thanks for your help!!!!

[feetupfun]

1 hour ago, scot taco said:

Sorry motosolex,I meant to say that I bought the condenser at the parts store and mounted it under the tank not the points.

And yes, swapping the the coils did work and she runs fine.I,m not sure if they are the same part number or not.

I've also run a TY (and a Bultaco) using a lighting coil as the ignition stator coil and it went fine. Yes the voltage generated will be different because there are different number of coil windings, but it is obviously close enough to work well enough.

[section swept]

On 8/6/2017 at 3:13 AM, feetupfun said:

Adjust the points so they start opening at the correct piston travel before top dead centre with the flywheel turning in the running direction. It is the opening of the points that causes the spark.

The gap you end up with (when they are fully open) is not critical but once the points are set to provide the correct timing, is usually between 0.3 mm and 0.4 mm.

The position of the piston/flywheel when the points reach fully open is irrelevant.

TY backing plates are not adjustable.

Dwell angle is important, the length of time measured in degrees that the contacts are closed, allows the coil to charge up. Too small a gap and the spark will be weak....thats why the manufacturer states a contact breaker gap. TY 250 A ignition timing 3.1 mm btdc with contact breaker gap of 0.012/0.016” (inch) or thou. Quite right about gap after opening as timing is adjusted by points gap, but by design the dwell angle should be within spec. The genuine article contacts last for ages without too much wear, unless you ignore lubticating the heel of the contacts. Cleaning the contact faces too much or crappy copies can throw the timing out somewhat. Always best to use a strobe timing light to check timing marks align on the flywheel and crankcase.?

Edited December 13, 2018 by section swept

[rex]

Hello - we design, build and repair motorcycle generators, if you didn't already know this.

You have stumbled on a happy accident. A points magneto primary winding is typically 200 turns, the accident is that so is a 6 volt AC lighting coil.

It gets a bit techy from here on in.

These windings have a magnetic polarity and generators are often arranged so the windings go north-south-north-south in a ring. The lighting coil is often wound opposite to the magneto if they sit opposite each other.

Why is this of concern? A negative spark ignites the fuel 10% more easily than a positive, so magneto windings are wound and timed to the engine to give a negative spark.

If the lighting coil wound opposite to the magneto primary coil, it'll be giving a positive spark. In the real world this makes very little difference, but the designer of the generator will have taken this into account.

The really important thing to bear in mind that a lighting coil capable of running more than around 30 watts is going to burn the points and condenser to hell as it will produce way too much power!

If the iron core in the lighting coil is the same thickness as the points magneto it'll be roughly the same power output. If the lighting coil iron core is thicker, it will make too much power. People think its the copper wire that determine the power out/put. While this has an effect, its the amount of iron core that determines how much power the copper wire will be able to produce.

Magnetos need a magneto type HT coil, which is nothing more than a step up transformer. Automotive coils tend to be 12 volts and their primary resistance is too high to give the best spark when used on a magneto ignition.

Edited January 6, 2019 by rex
typo/spelling correction

[motosolex]

Using a Buzz Box to identify points to open at XXmm BTDC, Is it necessary to disconnect the black wire on top of points, and then connect one of the Buzz Box leads at this point?

[feetupfun]

6 hours ago, motosolex said:

Using a Buzz Box to identify points to open at XXmm BTDC, Is it necessary to disconnect the black wire on top of points, and then connect one of the Buzz Box leads at this point?

You can connect the buzzer anywhere between the points and the LT connection on the HT coil. On Yamahas I connect the buzzer at the bullet connector that is near the airbox. The buzzer works best if this connector is disconnected at the time.

[johnnyjazz]

On 12/13/2018 at 6:22 AM, section swept said:

The genuine article contacts last for ages without too much wear, unless you ignore lubricating the heel of the contacts.

Sorry to revive an old thread, but wondering is the lubricating of contact heels something that should be done on a regular basis? if so, how often is it recommended for optimum longevity? sorry for naive question but i wasn't aware aware the necessity to do this. i think my bike still has the original contacts, so its probably long overdue! many thanks in advance.

[feetupfun]

4 hours ago, johnnyjazz said:

Sorry to revive an old thread, but wondering is the lubricating of contact heels something that should be done on a regular basis? if so, how often is it recommended for optimum longevity? sorry for naive question but i wasn't aware aware the necessity to do this. i think my bike still has the original contacts, so its probably long overdue! many thanks in advance.

The cam that the points heel rubs against is normally kept lubricated by a felt wiper. I usually wet the wiper with light oil when I'm servicing the points. If you have good quality points and a working condenser, you probably only need to service the points at intervals of 100 operating hours or so.

I've got a few TYs that are still running the original points and condenser and which are still working perfectly. My other TYs that now have electronic ignitions still had the original points and condensers working well when I fitted the electronic ignitions 5 to 10 years ago including one TY175 engine that has been mechanically rebuilt 3 times (due to high run hours) since 1975 but still had the original points when the electronic ignitions went in.

[motosolex]

On 8/5/2017 at 7:13 PM, feetupfun said:

Adjust the points so they start opening at the correct piston travel before top dead centre with the flywheel turning in the running direction. It is the opening of the points that causes the spark.

The gap you end up with (when they are fully open) is not critical but once the points are set to provide the correct timing, is usually between 0.3 mm and 0.4 mm.

The position of the piston/flywheel when the points reach fully open is irrelevant.

TY backing plates are not adjustable.

Hi FeetUpFun. 

When timing my TY250, my dial indicator is too large and won’t function due to bikes’s frame with tank off. 

I am thinking I’ll need to remove the head and make a gizmo-bracket to mount dial indicator (as in bike’s shop manual)

Any ideas on this? 

Or do you know of a smaller dial indicator that will work without removing the head?

thanks  

 

 

[motosolex]

On 8/21/2019 at 8:13 PM, feetupfun said:

The cam that the points heel rubs against is normally kept lubricated by a felt wiper. I usually wet the wiper with light oil when I'm servicing the points. If you have good quality points and a working condenser, you probably only need to service the points at intervals of 100 operating hours or so.

I've got a few TYs that are still running the original points and condenser and which are still working perfectly. My other TYs that now have electronic ignitions still had the original points and condensers working well when I fitted the electronic ignitions 5 to 10 years ago including one TY175 engine that has been mechanically rebuilt 3 times (due to high run hours) since 1975 but still had the original points when the electronic ignitions went in.

I saw recently on a BMW shop’s web page a special oil to lube the wiper. 

[b40rt]

1 hour ago, motosolex said:

Hi FeetUpFun. 

When timing my TY250, my dial indicator is too large and won’t function due to bikes’s frame with tank off. 

I am thinking I’ll need to remove the head and make a gizmo-bracket to mount dial indicator (as in bike’s shop manual)

Any ideas on this? 

Or do you know of a smaller dial indicator that will work without removing the head?

thanks  

 

 

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[motosolex]

29 minutes ago, b40rt said:

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That looks like the perfect tool. But......n/a to ship USA. I’ll look though. What is it’s brand name?

thank you.