Re: Dead Cub Help

Posted by Bama Binder on June 11, 2001 at 19:39:08 from (63.10.120.162):

In Reply to: Dead Cub Help posted by Seabee on June 11, 2001 at 18:58:57:

It sounds to me like you have 2 problems. With a good battery and cables the starter should really spin. I would suspect that first. You can try jumpering some cables directly to the starter to see if it will spin, otherwise pull it. Pull it and get it to a good starter/alternator shop and have them test it. I believe it will test bad. If bad replace. If good, I would have to start guessing, but I would look carefully at the starter gear and ring gear to make sure they aren't locking up. Don't forget to check the starter switch.

Once you get your starter sorted out and motor spinning, you need to check for compression. See if you have compression on all 4 cylinders. If one or more has no compression, you probably have 1 or more stuck valves. Let us know and we'll give you some suggestions on that.

If you have compression, check your ignition. Pull the spark plug on #1 and ground it against the block and give if a few whirls to see if you are getting a spark. No spark...save yourself some time and hair and get a tune up kit, new plug wires, and a coil and replace them all.

Once you have fire, if it still don't fire, rebuild the carb. The basic kits are cheap and it isn't brain surgery.

If that dosen't work, send me an E-mail and I'll come pick it up and haul it off for a nominal fee.

Oh and make sure your plug wires are set up to fire 1, 3, 4, 2. #1 in front. You have to make sure #1 is at TDC when #1 plug fires. I had to pull the hood off and plug out of #1 to do it. Ignition on and #1 plug grounded against the block and a light shining in the plug hole of #1 you can see the piston. Turn the engine over by hand until you see the plug spark. It should happen when #1 is at TDC. If it doesn't, set the piston at TDC on the compression stroke and loosen the distributor and turn it until the plug sparks and then tighten it. It will be close enough until you can get a timing light on it.

Good Luck...BB

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