Ignition woes but finally it's running, first kick .... when I finally figured out what was wrong with the ignition.
Built the bike up as above but completly lifeless when I tried to start it. I did check for a spark when building the bike up and seemed to have a reasonable spark but on checking again it was dead.
I hadn't heard this bike running before and was begining to think I bought another duffer but went down route of poor earths as I've had the frame powder coated. All checked out OK, just occcasionally I would get a spark when starting fault finding but then it would disappear until left until the next day, but nothing really consistent AND REALLY ANNOYING.
Checked and double checked wiring, all looked OK. So started the usual fault finding route, fortunatley I have another working bike to swop bits around from :
1. Kill switch - fine.
2. Swopped coil - no change
3. Swopped electronics box - no change
4. Swopped igintion stator - bingo sparks again.
I thought these later ducati stators were supposed to be better ????......changed quite a few SEM ones on older four stokes. Another 200 quid or so against the wall.Started looking around internet for spare stators and came across this video from Paul Thomas at Taliesinracing:
Published on 30 Aug 2013
Husqvarna TE/SMR/TC WXE 410/610/570/630 Ignition Problems.
Having difficulty with backfiring, misfiring and poor starting and rough running with any left kickstart 4 stroke Husqvarna?
It's about magnets coming loose in the flywheel but what really caught my eye was that it was my bike...Green grips and all...at least I know it was running not long ago.
I checked my flywheel with the other bike and sure enough the magnets had been properly expoxied back into the flywheel, I guess that problem shouldn't happen to mine now.
At least it was running now (actually very well) with the swopped stator but as I started to check the 'broken stator' for identity nos etc to make sure I bought the right spare I noticed some heat damage on the nylon braiding where it passes up the frame tube between the two exhausts. So I stripped back all the sleeving and found some damage to the insulation. The individual wires actually took some prising apart having been moulded together by the heat and once all seperated into individual conductors the stator was once again producing sparks. I heat sleeved all conductors and looks like were back in business. I hope the photos show what happened. Just might be worth checking before you lob that stator.
DM



