Non starting Zeph11
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11 Feb 2026 11:30
Stuck some nice new fuel in after draining everything in sight...........as expected, nowt, not even a cough.. Took a plug from each cylinder out, closed the door and turned the light off. Yep, a spark, but reddish? The plugs where damp after trying to start it, as is, left a trace on your finger..
Didn't have any 'start yer bastard' though the phrase was used. I squirted aerosol brake cleaner at the gauze just before the airbox to carb rubbers (air filter removed).. Not a cough, took the outside plugs out, they were damp. Cranked it over with my hand over the exhaust (in case a family of rats had made a new home to get out of the rain) could feel it pulsing. Even stuck my compression tester on No.1, cold engine, wide open throttle, 150psi. I did this because the last time it ran was after I'd had the cams out to do the shims and therefore, the camchain tensioner, in case it had jumped a tooth, no real need but for 2 mins time it cost nothing.
Back to electrickery.
Took the IC Igniter off and probed the pins. I had done this before and saw some strange results but hadn't written them down.
The FSM does state that unless you use the 'Kwak' tester results may vary. I used my tester and a friends tester and the results were the same.
FSM chart
My measurements
On the 1st block of 8 pins numbers 1,2,5 and 6 gave open circuit, no reading at all.
On the second 11 to 15 gave no reading, but 15 to 11 did.
As you can see a lot of the other readings are way off. I may have misread the odd one and put the decimal point in the wrong place but this suggests to me that it's buggered. Which is a bugger because I've found 1 for sale in France for 250 € and ity's 4 1/2 hours away so can't even put the bike in my van and take it there easily.
If someone could post what any readings should be if I plugged it back in and backprobed that would be a great help.
I haven't tested the boost sensor but I can't see that stopping it starting, from what I've read it affects ig timing a bit.
Sorry for the long post but I want to give as much info as poss to allow people to pick up on any errors I have made etc.
Cheers
Didn't have any 'start yer bastard' though the phrase was used. I squirted aerosol brake cleaner at the gauze just before the airbox to carb rubbers (air filter removed).. Not a cough, took the outside plugs out, they were damp. Cranked it over with my hand over the exhaust (in case a family of rats had made a new home to get out of the rain) could feel it pulsing. Even stuck my compression tester on No.1, cold engine, wide open throttle, 150psi. I did this because the last time it ran was after I'd had the cams out to do the shims and therefore, the camchain tensioner, in case it had jumped a tooth, no real need but for 2 mins time it cost nothing.
Back to electrickery.
Took the IC Igniter off and probed the pins. I had done this before and saw some strange results but hadn't written them down.
The FSM does state that unless you use the 'Kwak' tester results may vary. I used my tester and a friends tester and the results were the same.
FSM chart
My measurements
On the 1st block of 8 pins numbers 1,2,5 and 6 gave open circuit, no reading at all.
On the second 11 to 15 gave no reading, but 15 to 11 did.
As you can see a lot of the other readings are way off. I may have misread the odd one and put the decimal point in the wrong place but this suggests to me that it's buggered. Which is a bugger because I've found 1 for sale in France for 250 € and ity's 4 1/2 hours away so can't even put the bike in my van and take it there easily.
If someone could post what any readings should be if I plugged it back in and backprobed that would be a great help.
I haven't tested the boost sensor but I can't see that stopping it starting, from what I've read it affects ig timing a bit.
Sorry for the long post but I want to give as much info as poss to allow people to pick up on any errors I have made etc.
Cheers
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Re: Non starting Zeph11
11 Feb 2026 12:27
I will have a look over the next couple of days and get back to you
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Yesterday 06:04
As a starter take a look at the below, I have transposed your results into the factory spec. Will put you a test plan together for the wiring
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www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/617631...-82-begins?start=192
kzrider.com/filebase-alias?view=download...d-fault-diagnosis&ca
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/617631...-82-begins?start=192
kzrider.com/filebase-alias?view=download...d-fault-diagnosis&ca
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Yesterday 06:19
Thank you very much indeed. As it happens I've just found an alledged good one for 70€ + P&P but would like to continue testing mine if that's OK with you?
Thanks again for you time and knowledge so far.
Pete
Thanks again for you time and knowledge so far.
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1982 KZ1000 Ltd
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/617631...-82-begins?start=192
kzrider.com/filebase-alias?view=download...d-fault-diagnosis&ca
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/617631...-82-begins?start=192
kzrider.com/filebase-alias?view=download...d-fault-diagnosis&ca
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