I am rewiring a '74 TY250. It still had the original wires (several leading nowhere).

On most bikes with a condenser inside the flywheel I relocate it to somewhere near the coil under the gas tank (Bultaco, BSA Bantam). Is there any reason that I "should not" do this on the TY?

Theory is that it gets less heat/water/oil and won't break down as quickly.

Thanks

Alan

Alan yes it is fine to do that on a TY. The condenser can't tell what brand bike it is on.

Regards

David

I've been thinking of relocating my ty250d condensor and am wondering if anyone thats done it could answer a few questions I have.

1.Do you leave a unconnected old one in the original position as it has the felt holder connected to it.

2.Do you run seperate wires for points and mag coil with a join up to the new condensor position, seems the way to go to me as you could seperate the points when doing the timing.

3.Can you use any condensor that fits popular cars.

Thanks Ross

1 Yes just cut the wire and leave it there

2 I just run a short wire to the condenser from the LT side of the HT coil and have a bullet connector at about carby position that is easy to get to to disconnect the points from everything else and easy to connect the light bulb wire to for static timing setting (don't have to take the tank off)

3 Any condenser from a car that has points/coil ignition is fine. They are getting harder to find nowadays.

I'm going to stick a spanner in the works here and say its a backward step to move the condensor outside the engine.The main reason being that alot of car condensors are now of very poor quality,even Lucas ones dont seem much cop.I've converted a few older cars,4wd's and a tractor to electronic ignition because of the rubbish quality of ignition components.Wheras the points and condensors I have had for my TY's from JK Hirst seem to be as well made as the originals.All I do in terms of maintenance is to seal the mag cover with silicone each time I take it off and I squirt a small amount of WD40 around in there to stop any damp starting off any corrosion.

It has worked well on my 250 for 4 years now,starting is usually first kick and never any misfire issues or poor pickup.I hate poor igniton on petrol engines as I see alot of Land Rover v8's with running/emissions problems - its a large part of my work.So to have something 30 years old still running well on points is a big plus.