lassenc
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Hey
Today was a shitty day.
I go out to start the bike, it's hesitating, but I'm getting along for 1km. untill it is unbearable. Fill up the bike, apparently I used 12l. in no time (Fuel leak perhaps, can't see it).
I go on, get in, bike rides like it always does, which is fine.
At school till 3pm. it's been raining most of the day, not heavily.
I start the bike as per usual, no problems at all. Drive 300 meters, dead.
No spark, here is what I have done.
12,85v across the poles, bike not started.
Tested spark with a spareplug I had, no spark either sides.
Caps dry, wires seem fine, can't see why the shouldn't be.
Tested kill switch, read 10v with lights on (This is after many start attempts, so volts dropped), switched to off positions, voltage dropped to 0, as to be expected. I deemed it working as intended.
Connections on the coil are tight, HOWEVER, where the gray outer insulation ends, the insulation on the small wires have cracked 180 degrees around. Splitting the wires to ensure no shorts made no difference. Black earthwire had two wires cracked, continuity was there though.
Checked the printboard, which wasn't burned, only thing I made of that. I have lights and everything else but a spark. My grounds are good.
This setup has been working for a good while, bike has been sitting out in various weather, but today it ended.
How should I proceed? Had to leave the bike 10km. away from home and take a taxi, so tools a limited.
Oh yeah, cracked a tooth trying to get the aluminium tip off the sparkplug.
Edit:
Tomorrow I am going to remove more of the gray insulation so I can give the individual wires some electrical tape, if that doesn't work I'll shorten them up beyond the cracks.
Atleast I can rule that out then.
Today was a shitty day.
I go out to start the bike, it's hesitating, but I'm getting along for 1km. untill it is unbearable. Fill up the bike, apparently I used 12l. in no time (Fuel leak perhaps, can't see it).
I go on, get in, bike rides like it always does, which is fine.
At school till 3pm. it's been raining most of the day, not heavily.
I start the bike as per usual, no problems at all. Drive 300 meters, dead.
No spark, here is what I have done.
12,85v across the poles, bike not started.
Tested spark with a spareplug I had, no spark either sides.
Caps dry, wires seem fine, can't see why the shouldn't be.
Tested kill switch, read 10v with lights on (This is after many start attempts, so volts dropped), switched to off positions, voltage dropped to 0, as to be expected. I deemed it working as intended.
Connections on the coil are tight, HOWEVER, where the gray outer insulation ends, the insulation on the small wires have cracked 180 degrees around. Splitting the wires to ensure no shorts made no difference. Black earthwire had two wires cracked, continuity was there though.
Checked the printboard, which wasn't burned, only thing I made of that. I have lights and everything else but a spark. My grounds are good.
This setup has been working for a good while, bike has been sitting out in various weather, but today it ended.
How should I proceed? Had to leave the bike 10km. away from home and take a taxi, so tools a limited.
Oh yeah, cracked a tooth trying to get the aluminium tip off the sparkplug.
Edit:
Tomorrow I am going to remove more of the gray insulation so I can give the individual wires some electrical tape, if that doesn't work I'll shorten them up beyond the cracks.
Atleast I can rule that out then.
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