archer
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Been struggling with this sled for 3 yrs. Until this year at least, it would start well but would quit after it warmed up. Sometimes it would restart and run OK after that, sometimes not. Now, it barely starts and seems to flood after a warmup and wont restart. New gas, carb cleaned, enrichener plunger checked and adjusted, checked for mouse nests (had that problem before). Plugs were dark and wet. Today I replaced plugs and caps. I checked for hot spark before trying to start. Mag side is hot and blue but PTO side looks very weak. I pulled off the coil and looked it over, made sure it was making good ground.
I read a lot of old posts on the suject but I have 2 questions. The coil only has 1 wire coming from the CDI so it seems like it wouldnt spark on either if CDI was bad. Can half the coil be bad? The wire could be bad, can the wires be removed from the coil and replaced? I haven't checked stator yet. Trying easy stuff first.
I read a lot of old posts on the suject but I have 2 questions. The coil only has 1 wire coming from the CDI so it seems like it wouldnt spark on either if CDI was bad. Can half the coil be bad? The wire could be bad, can the wires be removed from the coil and replaced? I haven't checked stator yet. Trying easy stuff first.