mshunk93
New Member
Lately, I've been having issues with the ignition on my 66cc gt-5 engine. One day while test driving my bike after changing the chain, I depressed the clutch lever and the motor shut off. After this, it would not start again. When I got home, I pulled the spark plug and it was cracked in half due to the way it sets up against the frame (clearance issues.) Thinking this was the problem, I bought two new NGK B6HS plugs. Still no spark.
After this, I came to the conclusion that the CDI was bad and bought a new Jaguar CDI. After installing this, still no spark. So, I ordered a new spark plug cable just to be safe and a new magneto after whipping out the multimeter and determining that it was faulty.
This morning, I installed the new magneto and it started right up. I rode it around the block a few times (running better than ever too) and parked it (with the gas on admittedly) to have a smoke. When I tried to start it back up, no ignition. Best I could get was a few sparks. Pulled the plug with the wire attached and placed it on the engine and pushed to see if it would spark. It didn't. All the electrical connections are good and everything seems like it should work but alas, it does not. The only things I could think of at this point is the magneto clearance (the bottom of the wheel is darn near touching the outer piece while the top has at least 3x this gap), and the spark plug wire (hasn't arrived yet.)
Any thoughts as to what might be causing this issue?
After this, I came to the conclusion that the CDI was bad and bought a new Jaguar CDI. After installing this, still no spark. So, I ordered a new spark plug cable just to be safe and a new magneto after whipping out the multimeter and determining that it was faulty.
This morning, I installed the new magneto and it started right up. I rode it around the block a few times (running better than ever too) and parked it (with the gas on admittedly) to have a smoke. When I tried to start it back up, no ignition. Best I could get was a few sparks. Pulled the plug with the wire attached and placed it on the engine and pushed to see if it would spark. It didn't. All the electrical connections are good and everything seems like it should work but alas, it does not. The only things I could think of at this point is the magneto clearance (the bottom of the wheel is darn near touching the outer piece while the top has at least 3x this gap), and the spark plug wire (hasn't arrived yet.)
Any thoughts as to what might be causing this issue?