There should be 2 wires behind the flywheel, one from the coil to the points behind the little round alum cover, and then out of that cover and bolted to a fiber plate via a 10/24 screw on the back of the engine?? maybe the front... If so hook one lead from the kill switch to that and the other lead to a bolt or screw on the engine..
The function of the kill switch is to ground out the ignition killing the spark to the sparkplug.....
While you hav ethe cover off clean the flywheel and coil with some sandpaper and get rid of the rusty surfaces and then re-gap the coil to flywheel with a business card, a real biz card and not one printed on typing paper..
The function of the kill switch is to ground out the ignition killing the spark to the sparkplug.....
While you hav ethe cover off clean the flywheel and coil with some sandpaper and get rid of the rusty surfaces and then re-gap the coil to flywheel with a business card, a real biz card and not one printed on typing paper..
As GTO pinted out some coils (magneto) have a male spade that you attach one lead of the killswitch to and the other lead to a grounding source like a bolt or screw on teh engine...
Below is a 3hp Briggs with points with the kill switch wire coming out from the points to a fiber tab on the back of the engine, this is the wire you will attach one lead to and again the other lead to a ground..
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Below is a 3hp Briggs with points with the kill switch wire coming out from the points to a fiber tab on the back of the engine, this is the wire you will attach one lead to and again the other lead to a ground..
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Any idea what I did wrong? - Thanks
take note that we are talking about 2 different types of ignitions, theres electronic ignition coils that have the little male connector on them like in GTO's pic, then their is the points/condenser type ignition like the one you have which doesnt have a male connector on the coil. what you need to do is take your flywheel off first, then look for the 2 wires that are coming out of the little aluminum cover that is behind the flywheel, one of the wires will be going to the coil (the wire thats in your second pic) then another one might be free hanging or attached to your carb. that wire is your kill switch wire, attach that to one end of your switch and ground the other side of the switch, and you will be good.
Now there might not be 2 wires coming out of the aluminum cover, if that is the case, take the aluminum wire off and attach your own wire to the condenser where the other one is attached, then just run the wire to your kill switch.
Now there might not be 2 wires coming out of the aluminum cover, if that is the case, take the aluminum wire off and attach your own wire to the condenser where the other one is attached, then just run the wire to your kill switch.
There's quite a bit a voltage in the secondary side of the ignition. If you hooked it up that way, the spark would probably just jump across the inside of the switch and then the engine wouldn't run (or the switch wouldn't last long). You want your switch hooked up so it grounds out the primary side of the circuit instead.
Like the others said, there should be a wire coming out from behind the coil or the cover plate.
Like the others said, there should be a wire coming out from behind the coil or the cover plate.