huskytime
Super OPE Member
This old saw was sparking just fine the other day. It would fire up and then bog down and die when I pulled the trigger, figured I needed to richen the L screw some. I put a new oiler and a new handle on and I was all excited to get her fired up today, then no spark!
I made a flywheel puller using some bolts, a big washer that I ground some notches in, and an arm type puller with the arms removed. I saw no sign of the wires grounding on anything. I pulled the coil out and cleaned things up a bit and nothing obviously stuck out. So why did this suddenly stop sparking?
I did notice that there is a lot of room for adjusting the placement when putting the coil back in. How does one set the gap distance between the coil pickups and the flywheel? Could this be my problem? Maybe too much gap? Then again, the coil placement certainly didn't change recently.
Should I get myself a voltmeter and start testing the coil itself? How should I go about doing that? Any other advise? Thanks men.
I made a flywheel puller using some bolts, a big washer that I ground some notches in, and an arm type puller with the arms removed. I saw no sign of the wires grounding on anything. I pulled the coil out and cleaned things up a bit and nothing obviously stuck out. So why did this suddenly stop sparking?
I did notice that there is a lot of room for adjusting the placement when putting the coil back in. How does one set the gap distance between the coil pickups and the flywheel? Could this be my problem? Maybe too much gap? Then again, the coil placement certainly didn't change recently.
Should I get myself a voltmeter and start testing the coil itself? How should I go about doing that? Any other advise? Thanks men.