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I will take a closer look at that once again. Even though it all seems to be assembled correctly, maybe she's firing on the wrong cylinder. I'm totally with you, the way she is reacting when trying to start her up definitely leaves the impression that this is the case. TDC mark on rotor is...

Yup as far as I can tell by eye and by using the spark gap tool I'd say both coils have really good spark now. Still always wet after attempts to start.

I know right ? I’m starting to question what I was taught, questioning reality, the universe. Thanks mate. We‘ll get there.

How do you know if it’s 180 degrees out ? If the pins on both sides of the rod are not pointing same direction ? That’s the only pic I’ve got right now. Quite a unique build and I‘d love to get er back on on the road this summer.

Thx for the little summary there. Would you say that the autoadvance unit can stop the bike from firing? In my understanding it’s only advancing the timing after a certain rpm but not at starting/idle. I observed it today while starting and it kept being closed, so no advancing in timing. I’m...

starter fluid I didn’t use - correct me if I’m wrong but with 120-145 psi compression, fuel and good spark there should be something happening. At least something noticeable as an attempt of combustion :-D But it’s not doing anything at all. Plus, she kicked back already only by adding some...

Wow thanks for so many good thoughts on this, didn’t expect that my first post will receive this much attention. So..we were back at it, no success. Unplugged the rec and reg and all other loads so that only ignition was powered and no risk of anything causing voltage drop Disconnected the...

Well that I didn’t check yet - will do today and let ya know!

Yeah I thought about this and flipped wires but no change…

battery should be fine like I explained. had the carbs disassembled, all clean from the inside and all moving freely. Fuel is fresh. However it’s been a year since I did this so can’t hurt to open them again to check. But if the plugs are wet after we tried to dry out the engine from excess...

I’d say so, had it charged overnight and then 12.6V with key off and around 12V at the coils with key on. Didn’t decrease in voltage after having the key on for a while to set timing , kick etc. so seems fine.

The thread that is holding the point on the points plate came loose, noticed it after trying to set the timing right for like 10 times, so I changed the plate and timed to slightly retarded within F mark range. Still not running, but due to other stuff :)

Cheers to everyone here for keeping the legend alive and for all the exciting discussions and troubleshootings. I’m an avid reader for a few years now, but never posted myself. Well now it’s time. My father passed on to me his 447 XS, it‘s a chopper conversion by the Germans from HM, also...