Trying to find a spark!

[wutagoalie]

Hey guys, last week i cleaned my carbs and replaced all my gray fuel lines. Put everything back together and it fired up no problem. This week i cleaned the inside of my hull, made sure i covered the electrical box in the front and back as well as the carbs. Only let about 1" of water insdie build up when i washed it.
Went to fire it up today and it wont fire. I pulled off my plug boots and trimmed back on the wire a bit to some new copper. I checked all my fuses , poured some pre mix in each plug hole,made sure the ground wire was sucure, and still no fire!

How could i lose spark from sitting in the garage all week?

What is my next step?

:banghead:

 

[seadooya]

you check the fuse in the rear ebox?

 

[wutagoalie]

you check the fuse in the rear ebox?

Yes, i checked the 1 fuse in the rear box, and the 3 fuses in the front box

 

[seadooya]

probe the white wire at coil, with a light tester, while hit'n start button

 

[wutagoalie]

probe the white wire at coil, with a light tester, while hit'n start button

I don't have a light tester, i will pick one up tomorrow, i need one anyways. Will just a small one work?

If it doesn't light up, what would be my next step?

 

[seadooya]

inspect stator assy....but whats weird, is that you fired it up last wek, parked it, and now...nothing?....got a "good/new" battery in there?

 

[wutagoalie]

inspect stator assy....but whats weird, is that you fired it up last wek, parked it, and now...nothing?....got a "good/new" battery in there?

Battery is a few years old, but i had it on a charger most of the day, and it was full of power.

I didnt ride it last weekend, but i fired it up on the trailer for 5 seconds, shut it off, fired it back up, and shut it off. Never touched it all week.

 

[wutagoalie]

probe the white wire at coil, with a light tester, while hit'n start button

am I looking for a light? or no light?

 

[jdff21]

am I looking for a light? or no light?

it will light up

 

[wutagoalie]

it will light up

Sorry, It will light up if its Bad or good?

 

[jdff21]

Sorry, It will light up if its Bad or good?

if it lights up then it is good

 

[wutagoalie]

if it lights up then it is good

I will try that. if i get no light, then whats my next step?

 

[jdff21]

what isthe model of your ski

 

[wutagoalie]

what isthe model of your ski

98 GTX limited

i just had a look at my coil, for my to place a light tester on that white wire, the white wire has to be dissconnected. Is that correct?

 

[jdff21]

yes then check it with a lighttester if it lights up then it could be a bad coil if it does not light up check your ground wire that goes to your stator cover and all wires at your coil are good and clean

 

[wutagoalie]

yes then check it with a lighttester if it lights up then it could be a bad coil if it does not light up check your ground wire that goes to your stator cover and all wires at your coil are good and clean

Sorry jdff21, ive had a few to many beers tonight, but a couple of posts above you said if it lights up , its good! In this post your saying if it lights up the coil could be bad?????????


:banghead:

 

[darnold]

well, obviously i've had a few too many tonight 'cause i got the same from all this ........

i'm not gonna re-read this thread either (hic) ..........

 

[wutagoalie]

well, obviously i've had a few too many tonight 'cause i got the same from all this ........


From what i can make of this , once i place my light tester on the white wire, if it lights up, that means there is power getting to the coil, but the coil is not doing its job, so the coil is bad.


If the light does not light up, the coil could be good, and the problem exists elsewhere?

Is this correct?

 

[jdff21]

yes you are correct

 

[wutagoalie]

Before i run out to buy a light tester, i remembered that i have one of those live wire pens that electricians use, you can hold them up to a plug in your house or an electric wire and it will light up and beep if the wire is live.

I cranked my engine and held the pen to the plug wires, and the pen lit up to show there was current running through the wires??????


If i have current running through the plug wires, why would it not create a spark??
I have tried several plugs

 

[seadooya]

I cranked my engine and held the pen to the plug wires, and the pen lit up to show there was current running through the wires??????

the "white" wire is signaling the coil to "fire", but nothings happening, so clip the plug wires at boots' ends, and install new spark plugs. Clean the grounds that are attached to the coil and in that ebox, go from there.

 

[wutagoalie]

the "white" wire is signaling the coil to "fire", but nothings happening, so clip the plug wires at boots' ends, and install new spark plugs. Clean the grounds that are attached to the coil and in that ebox, go from there.

"so clip the plug wires at boots' ends" Done!
"and install new spark plugs" Done!
"Clean the grounds that are attached to the coil and in that ebox" Done!

Still no spark

 

[seadooya]

try a light tester, possible the "pen" is pick'n current up from the red cables, relays' posts,..etc

 

[wutagoalie]

try a light tester, possible the "pen" is pick'n current up from the red cables, relays' posts,..etc

I will get back here later, im on my way to pick up a light tester.

The main ground that is connected to the starter, can that be relocated? if so where?

 

[wutagoalie]

Picked up a light tester. Inside my rear ebox, I have power to one of the solenoid terminals. As far as the small white wire that plugs into the ignition coil, i am getting no light when i turn the engine over.

So what is my next step, and what does that mean when there is no power getting to the coil off that wire wire?

Thanks