new problem (cdi, mag)

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haven't opened it up yet but I plan to tomorrow because just tonight as I was taking ANOTHER joyride around my hilly neighborhood it just stopped and now it won't turn over AT ALL, only one little chug for 5 minutes of hard pedalling!

very bizarre - I checked the plug was sparking, I know the carb is all set now and I don't know whay the engine just wont turn over...I'll post up what I find tomorrrow...

[gone_fishin]

let's be clear...won't turn over or won't start? "won't turn over" are some vewy scawy words, man.

i'll assume "won't start": i've been told by a guy very in-the-know that the magneto is susceptible to moisture, check inside the magneto cover & let us know what you find, ok?

edit: duh, i just noticed that you said you had spark...is it a good strong one? did you check at the plug wire, or the plug itself?

to check the plug itself for a good spark, remove it, hold the threaded body to ground while someone cranks for you.

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won't turn over and it rattles as I pedal as if the engine seized up or somehthing -please don't tell me it seized up....

[gone_fishin]

what else, what else...?

fuel evident in the line?

throttle cable working, needle moving?

with plug out, normal popping sound when cranking?

and just maybe...clogged exhaust? i've seen it on 2-stroke equipment, tho i haven't heard of it on the bike motors. maybe it's time to clean your sock?

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ok before the spark awas working now it's not I'm going to get a new spark plug and see what happens...

[gone_fishin]

an intermittent spark...ok, i revert to my first idea...check the magneto.

[davidsis]

Hey, check where it goes onto that little box. Screw it and unscrew it before going through too much big jobs. Also but a little dielectric greese on it.

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Hey, check where it goes onto that little box. Screw it and unscrew it before going through too much big jobs. Also but a little dielectric greese on it.

not sure I know what you're getting at, there doesn't seem to be anything to screw or unscrew there, just wires coming out of a black box.

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put a new spark plug in and it isn't sparking with the new or the old so I ordered a new magneto. I hope this one lasts longer than 100 miles... I"m REALLY ****ed off.

[gone_fishin]

wait, wait...are we on the same page here? CDI & magneto are 2 different animals...just makin' sure.