Re: 4.5 hp missing bad
OK, looking at your post I realized I totally blew past the Ser # etc and your motor sounds like it has a Type VII Phase-Maker system. The points do handle high voltages (around 1000 according to the manual) and if they look really really nasty, it might help to pull them out, clean up and re-gap to .020" This ign actually fires when the points Close!! The book does say that some pitting of the points is "normal" for this ign type.<br /><br />You're right too about the kill button, it's the older type of ign they used on these beasts that grounds to run. Yours should ground to kill I expect. This type of kill switch can have a 'leakage' problem to ground which causes intermittant sparking, a simple diagnostic method is to disconnect the kill switch wire to see if things improve.<br /><br />My Seloc manual has a section for Hard Starting or Poor Low-Speed Performance troubleshooting as follows:<br /><br />"TAKE TIME to make a color code diagram of the electrical leads before disconnecting them. The color code terminals will be used during the tests and the diagram will ensure each lead will be reconnected to the proper terminal. Remove the four generating coil leads, the capacitor lead, and the heavy green leads from the electrical module. <br /><br />Use the VOA range at RX100 and check the low-speed resistance between the red and yellow coil leads. The reading MUST be 32-40.<br /><br />Check the forward resistance of the recifier: Connect the red lead of the meter to the electrical module terminal from hwich the red coil was disconnected. Connect the black meter lead to the terminal from which the capacitor lead was removed. Use the VOA range at RX100 and check the resistance. The reading MUST be 10-15. Check the reverse resistance of the rectifier; Reverse the meter test leads, and use the VOA range at RX100. There must be NO reading."<br /><br />Anyway, hope that clears things up a bit, sorry about the Bum Dope earlier. G'luck.........ed
