Hi All,
Tried to beat the heat the other day during our heat wave in the Northeast. The engine started up fine and ran well for an hour until I shut it down. Started the engine with no problem and then it just shut down on its own. Hasn't been going since. Luckily I was near a ramp and brought her home.
It appears there's no spark. The rectifier looks like it had a short. The plastic melted and this brown liquid seaped out. I ordered a new one. But, until the part comes I decided to check out other possibilites. There's no mercury switch to test, but I did test the saftey kill switch and it seems ok.
1st question- can the kill switch be unplugged to bipass it.
2nd, how do you test the ignition switch-I have a service manual but can't find the this test.
What else might you test?
Thanks,
SDC
Tried to beat the heat the other day during our heat wave in the Northeast. The engine started up fine and ran well for an hour until I shut it down. Started the engine with no problem and then it just shut down on its own. Hasn't been going since. Luckily I was near a ramp and brought her home.
It appears there's no spark. The rectifier looks like it had a short. The plastic melted and this brown liquid seaped out. I ordered a new one. But, until the part comes I decided to check out other possibilites. There's no mercury switch to test, but I did test the saftey kill switch and it seems ok.
1st question- can the kill switch be unplugged to bipass it.
2nd, how do you test the ignition switch-I have a service manual but can't find the this test.
What else might you test?
Thanks,
SDC