[dalemellor]

After a good 4 years of running like a dream the F400 has done me!

Used it at the weekend, as always started first time after a long storage, used for a good few hours on and off. Stopped it because the old boy next door wanted a chin wag and since then hasnt ran....

I've swapped the plug and tried it with the plug out and there is no visible spark.......had my fingers in the plug cap and felt a little tingle but not the shock i expected.....

was thinking either the switch ?! or something more technical

Never tinkered with a honda normally B & S checking points etc

Any helpful hints from the Honda Guru's would be appreciated

[grendel]

check the plug for soot, if its just running a bit rich it may have sooted the plug up, a sooty plug is always more difficult to start.
Grendel

[dalemellor]

Have swapped for a new plug, as that was my first path of least reistance!

[acer]

could be ignition coil ,condensor or points causing problem ,think there about £30-£40 to replace so not cheap.also maybe plug lead .hope you get it sorted acer

[Gwiz]

It might also be that the oil level is too low. Some Honda's are fitted with a device to kill the ignition when the oil level drops.

[grendel]

It might also be that the oil level is too low. Some Honda's are fitted with a device to kill the ignition when the oil level drops.

or even too full I believe, a friend who works at B&Q says many returned 'non working' machines come back with too much oil.
Grendel

[smud6ie]

If  no spark and have eliminated a  kill switch fault by disconnecting its wires?  you will have to take a look at the points.
smud6ie.

[dalemellor]

Just an earth switch, so have disconnected and still nothing...

Will get to the points and see whats going on.

Thanks for the advice folks

[dalemellor]

its alive....points cleaned up and jobs a good un. no low oil switch but did need a drop.

Too dark to finish the plot tho...

Cheers folks

[madcat]

Sounds like a good title for a chick lit romance, published by Mills and Boon ....   :blink:

So there really are romantic softies hiding over here in the shed ...