Only start with carb cleaner

[jharader]

Try taking the plug boot off trimming the wire, re-crimp.. Was never really a fan of the screwdriver test. Can be misleading.

[Mrdjc]

So make the wire shorter on the coil is what you're saying right?

[jharader]

Take the spark plug boots off.. trim the wires back more exposing the uncovered wire. Re-crimp them and see if that makes any difference, this is solely speculation in response to your comment about possibly only one side having spark.

[Mrdjc]

Took off the head and cylinders look really good!

[jharader]

Good, the price of a head gaskets well worth the piece of mind knowing a pistons not deteriorating. I would put the head back on, perform a leak down test to check for possible air leaks from the bottom up, if it passes that your carbs are clean and slides are in the right direction, stator is free of excess dirt/rust/muck, pickup gap on stator to flywheel is set correctly then I would look further into the coil being the issue. You had mentioned the key was deleted?? Are the wires cut and connected directly to one another or is it just jumped from one peg to the other with a piece of wire? If its jumped thats a dead short waiting to happen

[Mrdjc]

I will try to perform the leak down test tomorrow once I look up how to do it. That is a good question. Guy I got it from before did all the work. I have ridden it for about a year and no problems. Now that I'm tearing into it the wires are f'ed up so I'm not sure which wires are for the brake but they're lots of dangling wires. Would a short cause it to just die flat or like if it were running out of gas

[jharader]

http://bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=171455&page=1

 

I would save yourself the headache of fiddling around with that if your fairly new to it and just replace. Unless you like tinkering with wiring, personally I do not.

[jharader]

Weak or intermittent spark could very well cause an issue like that, either way if you have a rats nest of wiring I would suggest doing something about it as it will only cause more headaches down the road trying to trouble shoot issues.

[Mrdjc]

Now I don't think it is weak spark I sprayed some fuel down the intake, plugged up the pipes with paper. Kicked it once it fired right away and both papers flew out. I would assume that means I'm getting good spark but no fuel to the head. I have cleaned the carbs like 10 times.

[wayne_smith97]

Did you just spray them out with carb cleaner or did you boil them out? I boil them or use an ultrasonic cleaner when I can

[Mrdjc]

Next step will be to boil. I only used carb cleaner. Yeah I have a clear fuel filter in the fuel line. Took off the tank kicked it a couple times seemed to use some fuel but now it doesn't seem to be taking any fuel

[wayne_smith97]

Try boiling the carbs. They may be perfectly clen but one clogged passage will make it not choke like it should.

[Mrdjc]

Boiled. Cleaned. Aired down. Super clean. Nothing :/

[Nieskes]

Have you tried pipe butter?

[Mrdjc]

What is pipe butter?