I'm having some trouble with an engine I'm working on. I just bought it from my neighbor who had it sitting in his garage for a number of years. Despite this, its actually in very good shape. I've been working on it for a couple of days and aside from coming to life for about three seconds one time it hasn't turned over at all. Another neighbor came over today and helped me determine that there was no spark. I put in brand new spark plugs, the multimeter shows current passing through the coils, and I sanded all the paint off the magnets under the flywheel (there are no points).
What I did notice is that one wire is missing. There is a lack of paint where its screw once was, but there is no screw or wire to go to the contact. Based on its counterpart on the other half of the motor, it should run directly to the lower coil. I ran a wire from the missing contact to the coil and still had no spark. What I'm afraid of is that in all my cranking over the past few days (probably a hundred pulls of the cord) I was trying to pass current through a short, and may have fried one of the magneto(?) coils under the flywheel. Keep in mind, I'm brand new to motors (but not electromechanics) and don't know if that's a possibility. I've attached some pics, any advice?
What I did notice is that one wire is missing. There is a lack of paint where its screw once was, but there is no screw or wire to go to the contact. Based on its counterpart on the other half of the motor, it should run directly to the lower coil. I ran a wire from the missing contact to the coil and still had no spark. What I'm afraid of is that in all my cranking over the past few days (probably a hundred pulls of the cord) I was trying to pass current through a short, and may have fried one of the magneto(?) coils under the flywheel. Keep in mind, I'm brand new to motors (but not electromechanics) and don't know if that's a possibility. I've attached some pics, any advice?
