Sailer 10 hp. Stored ten yrs in basement now no spark.

[ralphrich]

Hi...new to forum.
I dug my Chrysler sailor 10 {or 9.9 autoelectric..not sure] out of my basement after ten year of resting.It wouldn't fire. It ran fine before I stored it .It has good compression,suspecting a gummed carb, I sprayed starting fluid into the cylinder, reinstalled the same plug with no start.It wasn't quite dark and I removed the plug grounded it with a small wire and alligater clip but couldn't see a spark in the plug. Any ideas? I'm thinking that the ignition is magneto and has no moving parts to gum up. I do notice that there is a wired CDI module bolted to the head, does that mean I do not have a magneto system?
Is there a way to check the CDI module?

Thank you in advance

 

[Frank Acampora]

Re: Sailer 10 hp. Stored ten yrs in basement now no spark.

If you have a CDI box, then it is definitely not magneto ignition. SOME of these ignition systems did still use points as a signal so first thing you want to do is pull the flywheel and see if there are points under it. If there are, clean them and regap to .020.

 

[ralphrich]

Re: Sailer 10 hp. Stored ten yrs in basement now no spark.

Thank you. That gives me hope that points might be my issue...getting crudded up over time. I saw a parts list that didn't show any points are there point-less cdi systems? [please
excuse the pun]

 

[ralphrich]

Re: Sailer 10 hp. Stored ten yrs in basement now no spark.

oh.....new to this...should I start this as a new thread?