Frankenstein Runs!

[boovuc 1,090]

Chuck, All,

Thanks for your help on this project. I didn't post pictures until I was 100% sure I had good contacts everywhere. After tearing it down again and scrubbing the contacts on everything, I got power across the switch and the A terminal on the generator/starter.

Some ether and a prayer, (plus a doush of the gass tank, lines and the pump), and it fired up. Boy does it need rings!

Thanks for the help guys!

BooVuc

Mill Hall, PA

[Kelly 1,029]

Just a tip don't use ether in these small engines, most carb or break cleaners work fine and will not hurt the alum rods like ether does or can.

[Save Old Iron 1,566]

BooVuc,

Good to hear.

Don't underestimate the value of THOROUGHLY cleaning the wiring terminals and connections.

We did OK on this one - no pics and just 1 post. Koool!

[paulgraham513@yahoo.com 0]

have a raider12 with no points no solenoid,only the little black box with the spark plug wire. at one time earlier a jumper wire  was run across 2 contact   points that i cant for the life of me remeember. switch is good all  contact points have been cleaned. engine wired with no accessories so only the i enginei is isolated.I have no visible magneto,but two wires coming from  to the no spark..the crankase that dont show up on the wiring diagram. that jumper that i had has to be the answer can anybody explain the ignition flow thru thiss engine?

[953 nut 55,393]

@paulgraham513@yahoo.com     

It sounds like your engine wiring has been altered so the factory wiring diagram probably won't be a big help but I have attached a link to it. The Black Box you spoke about is probably a Capacitive Discharge Ignition system (CID).  You can find several videos on the internet that explain how the work.