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My baby just wont go!

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OK.... Plug #3 is not firing. I switched plugs just to make sure it wasn't the spark plug itself and still no spark. I'm going to test it one more time because my battery had just about had it by then (I checked #3 last ). So after I recharge the battery how do i check the high tension leads?

I'm going to pull the tank (once i finish typing these words as a matter of fact) and REALLY clean it out this time. I had a problem getting that last bit out last time so any suggestions on how to get EVERY drop. Then pull the carbs and check the floats.

Here's to hopin that I don't make anything broken!!
 
Cylinders 2 and 3 are fired by the same coil. If #2 fires and #3 does not then the problem is NOT the coil or the points. If you have already changed plugs and it makes no difference, then its not the sparkplug.
Change the sparkplug boot on #3 sparkplug wire. That will probably solve your problem. If it does not, then it has to be the wire itself.

Earl



GS77 said:
OK.... Plug #3 is not firing. I switched plugs just to make sure it wasn't the spark plug itself and still no spark. I'm going to test it one more time because my battery had just about had it by then (I checked #3 last ). So after I recharge the battery how do i check the high tension leads?

I'm going to pull the tank (once i finish typing these words as a matter of fact) and REALLY clean it out this time. I had a problem getting that last bit out last time so any suggestions on how to get EVERY drop. Then pull the carbs and check the floats.

Here's to hopin that I don't make anything broken!!
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Earl rocks

Alright, removed the carbs successfully but hit a delay when I dumped gas all over my basement floor.... not a nice smell, dirty foul gas.. so I spent all night trying to get the smell out of my house (lesson # 86.... don't bring that in the house) instead of taking apart the carbs.

I can however confirm that what was in the carbs, was not healthy for the bike.
 
I always had starter problems too. Could not get it started although I had spark and the starter motor was engaging. Of course after several tries in vain my battery used to die on me and my plugs were always soaking wet (translated from dutch we say after a while the bike would be 'drowned' in excessive fuel).
In my case I noticed I had a voltage drop in the system with ignition on (below 12V) and my starter motor was not really running as fast as it should. Probably already due to this voltage drop but also, as it turned out, due to some old springs inside the starter which were no longer pushing the brushes as hard to the rotor as required. My starter problem was solved with two fixes : focus frenzy's starter relay diagram and a refurbished starter motor. It did the trick for me. Hope this helps ! :) :)
 
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