Tech Help Please

[fearlessfred]

I think its worth mentioning that you may not see spark if you are kicking it over by hand while holding the spark plug with the other .I have seen a lot of people work on ign that were not broke .got agree with phantom on not using starting fluid. you might try pulling the stater cover and seeing if its full of water

[Maxxh2o]

Pull the flywheel and clean the stator and flywheel contacts as well as clean and set gap on the pulse coil.

[Chewy]

UPDATE:
Removed, cleaned & lubricated all the electrical contacts with compressed air & WD40. Including ON/OFF switch. Cleaned some contacts with steel wool. There wasn't anything corroded btw.

Pulled my spark arrester and made sure it was clean.

Again made sure that gas was getting to the carb.

Kicked it a bunch of times.....NOTHING!

What's next?? Want to go riding next weekend!!!:miserable::miserable::miserable:

[DnB_Racing]

UPDATE:
Removed, cleaned & lubricated all the electrical contacts with compressed air & WD40. Including ON/OFF switch. Cleaned some contacts with steel wool. There wasn't anything corroded btw.

Pulled my spark arrester and made sure it was clean.

Again made sure that gas was getting to the carb.

Kicked it a bunch of times.....NOTHING!

What's next?? Want to go riding next weekend!!!:miserable::miserable::miserable:

when you say you checked and cleaned all connections does this include your plug boot? its a good idea to redo that connection after a couple time taking apart, just trim about a 1/4 inch off the end and reattach the boot,,,

prior to reattaching check if you have spark without boot installed,
on your connectors look real good at the white connector housings, if they look discolored or distorted that means you have a poor connection at the wire going on the pin ..use a flash light and look through the connectors to make sure they are not getting hot from high resistance

[udontknowme]

after half a can of starting fluid that might of been a clue to get a multimeter and check a few things

[liv2ride]

UPDATE:
Removed, cleaned & lubricated all the electrical contacts with compressed air & WD40. Including ON/OFF switch. Cleaned some contacts with steel wool. There wasn't anything corroded btw.

Pulled my spark arrester and made sure it was clean.

Again made sure that gas was getting to the carb.

Kicked it a bunch of times.....NOTHING!

What's next?? Want to go riding next weekend!!!:miserable::miserable::miserable:

I just had to replace my stator because of a no spark issue. My broken stator was reading 197ohms. I believe you need to be in the 150-170 ohms range. The good working coil was reading 4ohms. Someone else on here can probably tell you exactly what the stator should read.

[fearlessfred]

I thought it was 50 to 250 at 68 degrees. testing the red/black wire coming off the stator to ground

[liv2ride]

I thought it was 50 to 250 at 68 degrees. testing the red/black wire coming off the stator to ground

That may be so. My issue was "no spark". I read across the red and black leads coming from the stator. It read 197 ohms. I replaced it with a stator that read 166 ohms and I had spark.

[fearlessfred]

That may be so. My issue was "no spark". I read across the red and black leads coming from the stator. It read 197 ohms. I replaced it with a stator that read 166 ohms and I had spark.

..................I just looked in the Honda manual and what I said was  correct.cant argue with your success with your repair.I have had them test good and be bad ,but the two I have seen do this would run but acted like the jetting was all jacked up.on both you could see the varnish flaking off the windings

[red88r]

Did you check the ground by the upper left radiator mount?...green wire I think.  When I bought my 88 that is what was wrong with it...no spark.  Make sure there is no paint or corrosion there at all.