Blacksmith Posted May 30, 2004 Report Posted May 30, 2004 (edited) Ok guys, spent the day tring to get one of three worn out combines ready for a 5000 acre wheat harvest. Man I hate working on junk when I could be working on my shee. Anyway, it got more than a little drunk out tonight so I only have a couple things to add. First off, don't listen to Ben, I mean DO listen to Ben, just not about me. He has a much better understanding of all things electrical than I do, I just hope that I can add a little something to the board every now and then. Anyway, Meat, the following are the points I wanted to make tonight. 1) Your Sears meter does have a continuity setting. You simply need to change the function setting while the dial is set to the resistance setting. 2) The 4 plugins that are left on the harness will most likly be the 2 for the TORS carb tops, the one for the throttle position switch, and the one to the TORS controller. All of these can be removed without a problem. 3) As for why the new on/off switch fixed the problem, it can only be because whatever setup you had previous caused the black/white wire to be grounded. If you are sure that is not the case, then I would keep looking for the real problem, as you have not solved it. 4) Finally, good plan on removing only one plugin at a time. Just like when you are working on a jetting problem, you only want to change one thing at a time. Good luck, have fun. Edited May 30, 2004 by Blacksmith Quote
bigboybanshee Posted May 30, 2004 Report Posted May 30, 2004 Im stoked guys, I really don't understand why adding the handlebar on\off switch brought back my spark, but on the other hand I really don't care.... just as long as its running. Man, I feel your pain. My problem causing no spark was a bad connection in the key switch. Took it off, cleaned it up, fired off first kick. This incident has taught me a very valuable lesson to check even the simplest things first and not jump to conclusions. I almost went out and spent a 100 bucks on a CDI until I checked EVERYTHING for continuity and or resistance. VERY glad to hear you got spark again and all seems to be going well!!!! Quote
BenBB Posted May 30, 2004 Report Posted May 30, 2004 That's great Meat! Hope that was the whole problem. As for the remaining connectors, if you've got spark with them unplugged then you should be safe cutting them off. Testing they way you are doing it now is a good idea tho. Good luck. Quote
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