Fletch
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I've done some searching and I'm a complete novice when it comes to anything electrical. I bought a multimeter but have never used one before (watched some youtube instructional videos).
My engine has been dying from what I thought was fuel starvation going up long monster hills. In the past after it dies I can start it up again. This last time nothing.
I'm not getting spark. Replaced plug, bypassed kill switch, tried new cdi, visually examined coil and magneto (no stray wires and not wet). So I'm to the point where I think it is probably the magneto from what I have read. There's a ton of threads on this, but I need the "for dummies" version!
To test the magneto or coil, what do I need the multimeter set on, what wires do I connect to the positive and negative diodes and where specifically? I read about checking resistance and it says" blue magneto to black magneto should read 200 ohms +/- 10%." I feel like an idiot asking this, but is that with the magneto turning, and is that with the diodes touching the blue and black wires on the outside of the engine case, or inside the case?
I really hate not knowing anything about electrical, and could use very specific instructions to make sure the magneto/coil is good/bad.
Thanks!
My engine has been dying from what I thought was fuel starvation going up long monster hills. In the past after it dies I can start it up again. This last time nothing.
I'm not getting spark. Replaced plug, bypassed kill switch, tried new cdi, visually examined coil and magneto (no stray wires and not wet). So I'm to the point where I think it is probably the magneto from what I have read. There's a ton of threads on this, but I need the "for dummies" version!
To test the magneto or coil, what do I need the multimeter set on, what wires do I connect to the positive and negative diodes and where specifically? I read about checking resistance and it says" blue magneto to black magneto should read 200 ohms +/- 10%." I feel like an idiot asking this, but is that with the magneto turning, and is that with the diodes touching the blue and black wires on the outside of the engine case, or inside the case?
I really hate not knowing anything about electrical, and could use very specific instructions to make sure the magneto/coil is good/bad.
Thanks!