Help eletrical, read sticky, cant figure out ohm

[Rizn]

Im lost, my 86 r was running perfect then it just stops, I changed spark plug and it ran for am hour, then nothing, checked spark, no spark. I read the sticky for eletrical, sounded easy so I bought a multi meter, now I cant figure out how to measure ohms with it, any help would be great cause Im dumb with eletrical. What I want to know is where do I read ohms on thins thing or does it measure ohm.

[Fear250r]

ohms are the little horseshoe looking thing. It appears to be the whole left side there and you need to choose a range to work in.

[Rizn]

How do I choose which range, starting from the bottom it reads 200 2k 20k 200k 2m and at the very bottom left side it has a picture of something that looks like sound

[Fear250r]

That means 0-whatever you select. If your looking to find a reading 200 or below, select 200 and so on and so forth.

[Rizn]

Sorry, but do I put it on 200 or 200k, and thanks for the help. So If im trying to check the stator I would put it on 200k plug into the red wire and ground

[Rizn]

I think I got it, I put it on 200k and barely got a reading, then I put it on 200 black/red to ground and I got a reading of 177, someone please tell me this is right, be nice to know my stator is good

[Rizn]

With it on 200k the coil through the boot is 8.8 does this sound ok

[Aceman]

Find out what the resistance(ohms) is supposed to be, according to the sticky and set the dial on the multimeter to the range you need.

200-200 ohms
2k-2,000 ohms
20k-20,000 ohms
and so on.

If the sticky says it should 456 ohms(just an example) set the dial to 2k.

[Rizn]

Right, so I think I did the stator right, and the coil, went through all wires, checked motor to frame, only thing left is cdi( which I cant test) and the voltage regulator. Is there anyway to test the regulator, and can the bike run without it if I disconnect lights.

[mxduner]

Originally posted by Rizn
Right, so I think I did the stator right, and the coil, went through all wires, checked motor to frame, only thing left is cdi( which I cant test) and the voltage regulator. Is there anyway to test the regulator, and can the bike run without it if I disconnect lights. did all so far check out ok? what readings did you get on the stator and coil?

[Rizn]

yeah everything checks out, except cdi and regulator, will the regulator keep it from running, my cdi is farely new

[trx310R#24]

Originally posted by Rizn
yeah everything checks out, except cdi and regulator, will the regulator keep it from running, my cdi is farely new

i dont have a regulator on my R an i had lights.. so it must be the cdi you can get a cheap one on ebay

[Rizn]

Every thing checked out, so It must be the CDI, so just for ****s ang giggles I took the CDI out of my 400ex and put it in. Got spark, then kicked it one time and she came to life, took her for a short ride and she was good, didt take her to far because I its not the 250r cdi. So I know the timing curve is different from the 400, but can I still use it.

[05LSR250R]

You only need the regulator if your running lights. Thanx.

[Rizn]

Yeah your welcome:huh