H
SERVICING
INFORMATION
ELECTRICAL
Complaint
Symptom
and
possible
causes
Remedy
No sparking
or
poor
1. Defective ignition coil.
Replace.
sparking.
2.
Defective spark plug.
Replace.
3.
Defective generator.
Replace.
4. Defective COl unit.
Replace.
S.
Defective pickup coil.
Replace.
Spark
plug
Is
wet
or
1.
Excessively rich air/fuel mixture.
Adjust carburetor.
quickly becomes 2.
Excessively high idling speed.
Adjust carburetor.
fouled with carbon. 3.
Incorrect gasoline. Change.
4.
Dirty air cleaner element.
Clean or replace.
S.
Incorrect spark plug (cold type
).
Change to standard spark
plug.
Spark plug
quickly
{
Worn piston ring.
Replace.
becomes fouled with
2.
Worn piston.
R
eplace.
oil
or carbon.
3.
Worn
cy
linder.
Replace.
4.
Excessive valve-stem-to-valve-guide clearance.
Replace.
S.
Worn valve stem oil seal. Replace.
Spark
plug
electrodes
1.
Incorrect spark plug.
Change to cold type spark
overheat
or
burn.
plug.
2. Overheated engine.
Turn-up.
3.
loose
spark plug.
Tighten.
4.
Excessively lean
ai
r/fuel mixture. Adjust carburetor.
Generator
does
not
1. Open or short in lead wires, or loose lead connections. Repair, replace or connect
charge. properly.
2. Shorted, grounded or open generator coil. Replace.
3.
Shorted or punctured regulator/rectifier. Replace.
Generator charges
1.
lead
wires tend to get shorted, open-circuited,
or
Repair or tighten.
but
charging
rate
is
loosely connected at terminal.
below
specification
. 2. Grounded or open-circuited stator coils or generator. Replace.
3.
Defective regulator/rectifier. Replace.
Generator over·
1.
Internal short-circuit
in
the battery.
Replace battery.
charges.
2. Damaged or defective regulator/rectifier. Replace.
Unstable
charging
. 1. Lead wire insulation frayed due to vibration, resulting
in
Repair or replace.
intermittent shorting.
2. Internally shorted generator. Replace.
3. Defective regulator/rectifier. Replace.
Starter
button
does
1.
Run down battery. Recharge or replace.
not
work.
2.
Defective switch contact. Replace.
3.
Brushes do not seat properly
on
the commutator
in
the Repair or replace.
starter motor.
4. Defective starter relay. Replace.
s.
Defective neutral relay.
Replace.
6. Defective engine
SlOp
switch. Replace.
7.
Defective neutral switch. Replace.
8.
Defective clutch lever position switch. Replace.
9. Wiring connections loose or disconnected. Connect, tighten or repair.