mm wrote in
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On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:15:57 -0700, wrote:
i just got a go kart that has been sitting for two years. it won't
start. i pulled the spark plug and pulled the string, no spark. i put
a new spark plug in, still no spark. i held the live wire with my
fingers to see if there was anything, and i felt a spark. however,
Then you probably had a spark.
Not one good enough to fire an engine.
YOU grab an ignition wire and see how it feels;it will zap your whole arm
and your shoulder too,if it's a good spark.
And you definitely will not want to do it again.
(my personal experience with MY mini-bike;it "shut off" by pushing a
grounding clip against the spark plug,and I reached under the seat to do it
without actually LOOKING at what I was doing,made contact with the tip of
the spark plug instead of the clip,and ZAP,I raised up like someone set
off a firecracker under my butt.It HURT,and I was shaky for a minute or
two.I imagine that is what being zapped with a TASER feels like.)
every time i attached it to the plug, nothing.
That's why Noozer asked what he did.
so i figure weak spark. i take apart the whole string start thing on
the side of the thing looking for the points, i then realize the
points are outside under a little metal covering. i put it all back
together, halfassedly, but it still pulls enough for a start. i found
the points, cleaned them. still nothing. now there is no spark at all.
i didn't put two screws back on the big fan thing that's connected to
the crank shaft, that's the only thing i can remember not doing when
putting it all back together.
what can i do to get this thing to run?
also, i was told it needs a new clutch. how and where is the clutch on
a go kart???
Was this two years ago? Otherwise, how could they know you need a new
clutch if the engine isn't running?
Maybe the last time they tried to use it when the engine -was- running,the
clutch was slipping.
Then they let it sit for 2 yrs,and then decided to sell it "as-is".
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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net