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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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&nbsp\\;what are the symptons of a voes going bad? that's the only thing i haven't changed yet in the ignition system. this is driving me crazy.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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What's a voes?
 
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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Exccessive pinging under load (too advanced) or loss of power (too retarded).&nbsp\\; You do have the EVO, right?
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If you want to try adjusting this yourself do a google.&nbsp\\; Lot's of resources out there.
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TC88's have MAP sensor instead of VOES.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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85 evo. the bike has an occasional miss. it just cuts out for a split second and then it goes again. it's like the modual is changing the spark advance. the advance is regulated by the voes. i replaced the ign. modual,pick up in the nose cone,coil and the ign circuit breaker. i think i'll try the main breaker next, but it doesn't act like that's the problem.
 
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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In 2005 I had a Chop that used a 96 ci S&amp\\;S engine.&nbsp\\; Stock as built did not have a VOES installed and timing was correct.&nbsp\\; Installed the VOES and the pinging went away.
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What you are describing seems to be an intermittent electrical problem and with the wiring on my bike I had similar problems.&nbsp\\; Discovered some loose and corroded connections.&nbsp\\; Cleaned them and used some dielectric grease and tightened everything down...symptoms went away and never came back.
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If you go onto S&amp\\;S website, there are technical manuals available for download on their products.&nbsp\\; One of the ignition manuals has how to wire up and use a VOES in the ignition system.&nbsp\\; It also covers how to test the VOES switch to ensure it is working properly.&nbsp\\; A VOES is either closed or open dependent upon vacuum created by the engine.....the off an on modes tells the ignition box whether to retard timing or not.&nbsp\\; If the VOES was out of whack, you would get problems associated with bad timing...pinging, loss of power, etc...not ignition cut out.&nbsp\\; Your connections from the ignition to the coil(s) or power leads to the ignition box/coils are suspect.
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