CDI repair

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  1. John painter

    John painter New Member

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    I thought I'd show a procedure for repairing a bad CDI, this video shows how to repair cold solder cracks on the CDI's board, this is fairly simple repair for anyone with a little time and basic soldering skills that will last a long time. If components on the CDI board are bad that is a whole other issue.

    This is a repair I did for my Honda 5518 compact tractor and have done on other CDI's that were not working. I also went back to the bad (small) CDI I had trouble with at the start of the summer on my VF500 and after looking more closely found several cold solder cracks and was able to repair them.

     
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    Good info, cold solder joints usually come from movement before solder completely cools. Look light gray, crystalline.
     
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    Fixable?

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  4. John painter

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    Depends on what the problem is...

    I knew for certain on my tractor the CDI was bad, I had nothing to lose and a couple hundred bucks to save doing a repair I am familiar with.
     
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    Look closer..
     
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    Sorry, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to look closer at, I see what looks like a CDI box with a license plate and LED strip on it.
     
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    Look how the license plate holder is mounted.
     
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    1.) Look at what state issued the plate......2.) That might give some insight into how it happened
     
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