Setting points on 550cc motor

[rushby79]

Just wondering if anyone can give me some info on setting a new set of points on my MB have just done a service was driving great for 4 days and is now stalling. i think could be the points. can anyone assist with how to set the points. thanks. anthony

[holk]

Hi there,
Is it stalling or not idling?

[Jermaine]

should have a 40tho gap i think..

[holk]

I was thinking of the idle solenoid: several people, myself included, had this issue at some point, and sometimes, after a service, things get probed and the spade connection behind the filter gets loosen.

[rushby79]

na it is running really well but about once a week on the way home from work it will just stall everytime i come to a stop. the next day its running fine again. puzzling.

[Psi_Wagon]

should have a 40tho gap i think..

16 - 18 thou, not 40 !

[Tez]

My notes say 0.40 - 0.50 mm

I set mine to 0.45mm and it runs sweet...

Cheers[/u]

[Jermaine]

my bad haha.. it might be .40mm..

[gZerO]

http://pdftown.net/2/SuzukiHatchF5AServiceManual.pdf

the hatch isn't identical, but some of the stuff in the book may help you (mainly engine).

download the book, look to page 9-7...

.40 - .50mm is right. as it says somewhere, if points are a bit burnt looking, you may need to replace the condenser attached to the dizzy...

EDIT: seems like the link doesn't work. not sure if it's hosted somewhere else, or even on here somewhere

[ToranaGuy]

If i don't have the choke out about 1mm, i find mine stalls, but that's because i don't have the carby quite set right for idle speed i think. Been too busy to have a play with it. I use the choke a tad to keep it running, i know, it's lazy, but too many other things more important to worry about.....

I have gone thru a few sets of points in the mighty boy, and i always gap them at 20 thou. Which is about half a mm iirc.

Speaking of these things, it's time to replace my condenser & rotor button on the boy when the next service is due, in about 1,000kms time.

Cheers

ToranaGuy