I give!!!! and have to reach out to the pro's out there...
fired up first turn of the key after the long winter last year and ran flawlessly all night long. Returned the next day...... it would turn, turn and turn but would not fire. Let it sit, got busy the rest of the summer, winterized and got back on this about 2 weeks ago.
Replaced everything fuel related...lines, filters, rebuilt fuel pump, cleaned everything etc. still acting like it is staving for fuel. Got into the manual and figured that it had to be electrical because there is no way it can be fuel related. Tested stator, trigger and the kill wires...tested ok (ohm reader only) started pulling spark plugs to see if it was the switch/ignition packs. After troubleshooting everything on the CDI Electronics site (great troubleshooting on that site by the way) I'm still not getting a spark in cylinder #3, everything else is lighting up. #3 won't even spark after pulling the white/black connection wire between the 2 boards.... This last step is supposed to tell you the switch boxes are bad by everything firing regardless.
Ideas from here? could it be as simple as a plug wire? Would one bad wire stop the motor from firing? Any help or other troubleshooting ideas would be fantastic!
Thank you.
fired up first turn of the key after the long winter last year and ran flawlessly all night long. Returned the next day...... it would turn, turn and turn but would not fire. Let it sit, got busy the rest of the summer, winterized and got back on this about 2 weeks ago.
Replaced everything fuel related...lines, filters, rebuilt fuel pump, cleaned everything etc. still acting like it is staving for fuel. Got into the manual and figured that it had to be electrical because there is no way it can be fuel related. Tested stator, trigger and the kill wires...tested ok (ohm reader only) started pulling spark plugs to see if it was the switch/ignition packs. After troubleshooting everything on the CDI Electronics site (great troubleshooting on that site by the way) I'm still not getting a spark in cylinder #3, everything else is lighting up. #3 won't even spark after pulling the white/black connection wire between the 2 boards.... This last step is supposed to tell you the switch boxes are bad by everything firing regardless.
Ideas from here? could it be as simple as a plug wire? Would one bad wire stop the motor from firing? Any help or other troubleshooting ideas would be fantastic!
Thank you.
