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Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: dalemellor on April 12, 2013, 07:32

Title: The Spark has gone......
Post by: dalemellor on April 12, 2013, 07:32
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
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: grendel on April 12, 2013, 10:15
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
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: dalemellor on April 12, 2013, 10:41
Have swapped for a new plug, as that was my first path of least reistance!
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: acer on April 12, 2013, 12:46
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
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: Gwiz on April 14, 2013, 06:44
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.
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: grendel on April 14, 2013, 09:04
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
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: smud6ie on April 14, 2013, 10:38
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.
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: dalemellor on April 15, 2013, 07:50
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
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: dalemellor on April 15, 2013, 20:20
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 :)
Title: Re: The Spark has gone......
Post by: madcat on April 16, 2013, 09:09
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 ...   :D