captnviper
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Had a similar problem lost power almost seemed to foul plugs on upper end. Ended up being the stator. You did clean carbs right?
Kodman
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Yes I replaced the belt with a new one
Kodman
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Yeah I cleaned them right, I never thought about not making enough juice cause of the stator
karlburns
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Have you clipped the spark plug wires back a little to see if that improves anything? How old is the gas? If you lift the rear end does it rev up without having a load on it?
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OE 2001 plug caps?
Kodman
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No I haven't messed with the spark plug wires, and yes they are stock everything
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karlburns
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You can try oreillys up there in North Pole before you buy online. I know my district manager here in Anchorage stocks her stores with the caps. Replaced mine last year and they were cheaper then ordering them.
Kodman
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How would I check them to see if they are bad or not
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If they're 2001 OEs...... They are TOAST. Mabey not burnt toast, but very close.
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Caps should ohm out at 5k w/ a good meter(ie Fluke). For the price of the caps, I just change them whenever I see what appears to be factory installed caps.
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karlburns
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I always use a spark detector and if it looks erratic or not lighting up constantly change them. I'm sure there's a more official way but that's always worked for me. If they are the originals it's a cheap place to start.
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Didn't even notice there was a page four when I posted that lol
Kodman
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So I bi passed my tors and still runs horrible, but after getting back and looking at my plugs cylinder one and three are running a bit on the lean side and cylinder two is run in really rich
karlburns
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Did you try the wires and boots yet? Also are you just looking at the plugs when you make that statement? I'm asking because if the plugs aren't firing and your reading the plugs....
Kodman
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I have really strong spark on cylinder 1 weak spark on cylinder 2 and good spark on cylinder3