How did you heat the electrodes, propane torch? Max Dillon Charleston SC
Jan 31, 2021 6:14:34 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > I imagine its a thing that gets done but I've never heard of anybody doing it > on a snowmobile. > Anyway today I hit the points with more Deoxit and shaved them a little with > a file, then cleaned the shavings out with discount electronics cleaner, then > more deoxit, a little more file and more cleaner. > The points are super annoying to get to. Take the exhaust out, the recoil and > its cup out and then you can see the points through slots in the flywheel > (technically the magneto). > Anyway with that done I got nice bright snaps on the plugs but still no start > so I pulled each carb out of its boot but left the controls connected, and > cleaned the bowls and jets. Mikuni carbs are super easy to work on. > STILL wouldn't run. It'd start if I squirted premix past the carbs but it'd > only run for a second or three. While the carbs were out I proved the fuel > pump was pumping. So as a last ditch effort I pulled the plugs and heated the > electrodes until they glowed, stuffed it all back together, primed it once > more and it fired up and stayed running... > Heating the electrodes is a trick I was told by a Triumph motorcycle > mechanic. Its never worked for me before. I'm not sure it actually did > anything now but whatever, the machine ran. I drove it all around the yard, > it scoots as good as a 340cc with a cleated track ever does. > Now, do I sell it or register it as a vintage sled and ride it, or both? I've > got another vintage machine I could ride if I let this one go down the road. > > -Curt > > On Sunday, January 31, 2021, 1:29:28 PM EST, <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > wrote: > > Back in the day, motorcycle racers used to have their magnetos > remagnetized periodically. > > Maybe OKDon could comment from an aircraft perspective. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
