Lots of snow here and I wanted to drive my Trail King down to the mail box. With it's two speed gear box,it always does well in snow.
The bike has always started on the first or second pull of the starter ( 6.5 HP Clone). today,nothing.
Fresh gas,full of oil, a spark* but no go. Plug is wet. Carburetor float and jet were clean and free.
I yanked off the recoil starter and hooked up a 1/2" drill motor to the starter hub and there was no spark at speed. I grabbed an old plug from my tractor and it sparked like a big dog. I pulled a plug off of another clone engine and it fired up instantly.
For the first time in my life a NGK plug failed! The plug is only one year old and has less than ten hours on it. Nice and clean,no cracks but is dead if high voltage is applied to it. It would spark out of the engine but not under compression, not even one time.
A first for everything I guess.
* spark was present but intermittent when the coil fired.
Now I need to find a plug that is more dependable, if there is such a thing.
The bike has always started on the first or second pull of the starter ( 6.5 HP Clone). today,nothing.
Fresh gas,full of oil, a spark* but no go. Plug is wet. Carburetor float and jet were clean and free.
I yanked off the recoil starter and hooked up a 1/2" drill motor to the starter hub and there was no spark at speed. I grabbed an old plug from my tractor and it sparked like a big dog. I pulled a plug off of another clone engine and it fired up instantly.
For the first time in my life a NGK plug failed! The plug is only one year old and has less than ten hours on it. Nice and clean,no cracks but is dead if high voltage is applied to it. It would spark out of the engine but not under compression, not even one time.
A first for everything I guess.
* spark was present but intermittent when the coil fired.
Now I need to find a plug that is more dependable, if there is such a thing.