Thanks to our member cubizme in Vietnam, we may have the answer to keep from frying our ECU, dash, and black box. Do not attempt to pull the black rubber portion that goes over the spark plug ceramic from the Aprilia coil packs! They are bonded on pretty good, and don't have a sufficient barb to hold it on once you slip it over our smooth spark plugs.
I chose to change mine out as a preventative measure. There are plenty out there that haven't or may never suffer from this issue. I sourced my coil packs from ebay using the numbers below.
I had a heck of a time tracking down the stock connector end, but I found it. The stock connector is Bosch 1928404227A linky. I didn't order any, but opted to retrofit the stock connector to the Aprilia coil pack leads without adding any wire. I ordered my 20-17 AWG pins from Corsa Tecnic linky.
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Here is how I went about doing mine. I ordered some Aprilia coil packs P/N: 857084, 857501.
I removed the gas tank, and got to work. Tips for pulling tank.
Remove both coil packs. The connector for the horizontal is connected to a metal tab on the frame. You can see the bare tab form the frame here.
The vertical is zip tied to a plastic piece by the subframe.
The connectors for the coils are quite different. They do share the same color and numbering, though.
First I removed the red protector from the Eldor coil connector, then used a small flat jewelers screwdriver to release the lock, and push the pins out.
Then I carefully pulled the yellow seals back, and snipped the wires at the end of the pins.
Those pins that I just cut off are now the perfect tool for removing the pins from the stock connector. Insert one on both slots by the pin you wish to remove, and push the pin out.
Time to strip the wires on the Eldor coil packs, and put the Tyco junior power timer(JPT) style pins on. I used crimp #4 for the wire, and #1 for the seal.
Line up the pins together for insertion. Yellow(1), Black(2), Red(3).
The yellow seals are a bit tight. I had to pull them through from the front of the connector.
The short lead won't work on the Vertical cylinder. The long lead is good here.
While you're in here it may be a good chance to change spark plugs or your air filter. I placed a small dab of dielectric grease to the end of each coil pack and installed.
I added a zip tie to the female side of the lead as it isn't quite long enough to reach the stock location.
Horizontal coil lead safe, and nestled into its new home.
I hope this helps anyone looking to do something similar. If there are any gaping holes or you think i forgot something, let me know.
I chose to change mine out as a preventative measure. There are plenty out there that haven't or may never suffer from this issue. I sourced my coil packs from ebay using the numbers below.
I had a heck of a time tracking down the stock connector end, but I found it. The stock connector is Bosch 1928404227A linky. I didn't order any, but opted to retrofit the stock connector to the Aprilia coil pack leads without adding any wire. I ordered my 20-17 AWG pins from Corsa Tecnic linky.
Click the pics for full size.
Here is how I went about doing mine. I ordered some Aprilia coil packs P/N: 857084, 857501.
I removed the gas tank, and got to work. Tips for pulling tank.
Remove both coil packs. The connector for the horizontal is connected to a metal tab on the frame. You can see the bare tab form the frame here.
The vertical is zip tied to a plastic piece by the subframe.
The connectors for the coils are quite different. They do share the same color and numbering, though.
First I removed the red protector from the Eldor coil connector, then used a small flat jewelers screwdriver to release the lock, and push the pins out.
Then I carefully pulled the yellow seals back, and snipped the wires at the end of the pins.
Those pins that I just cut off are now the perfect tool for removing the pins from the stock connector. Insert one on both slots by the pin you wish to remove, and push the pin out.
Time to strip the wires on the Eldor coil packs, and put the Tyco junior power timer(JPT) style pins on. I used crimp #4 for the wire, and #1 for the seal.
Line up the pins together for insertion. Yellow(1), Black(2), Red(3).
The yellow seals are a bit tight. I had to pull them through from the front of the connector.
The short lead won't work on the Vertical cylinder. The long lead is good here.
While you're in here it may be a good chance to change spark plugs or your air filter. I placed a small dab of dielectric grease to the end of each coil pack and installed.
I added a zip tie to the female side of the lead as it isn't quite long enough to reach the stock location.
Horizontal coil lead safe, and nestled into its new home.
I hope this helps anyone looking to do something similar. If there are any gaping holes or you think i forgot something, let me know.
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