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[User00003]

Yes hold the body (metal part) of the plug against the engine, steel part, and crank over the plug should spark and if you are lucky saves you having to use the lighter to put the bike on fire. Also get a friend to hold the plug whilst earthed out and get a good laugh when they get a shock!!

thanks for that..would there by anything wrong using the electric starter or should I use the cord?

 

[bigkimbo]

use the electric starter and give it a good few whirls over, heat and replace the plug then start and give a decent run at good revs to clean out. Good luck.
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[corky]

im no mechanic= but could be voltage regulator??

 

[Si]

That engine only needs 3 things to start... A mist of fuel and air, a good spark and decent compression.

You already know it's got compression because it hydraulic'd when the cylinder was full of fuel.
You've already checked for a spark?... if not there are a couple of things that can cause 'no spark' like oil alert switch, magneto gap (older engines) HT lead or cap. Or simply a duff spark plug.
So that just leaves fuel/air which is why the carb is the No1 suspect.

Remove the carb, give it a good clean. Blow all the jets out with compressed air including the one under the needle in the float chamber (unscrew it out of the pick up tube) Then just inside the ventouri there are four tiny holes, you can hardly see them they are so small. Pull a strand out of a wire brush, bend it 90degrees and poke it through the holes. If they are blocked it won't run.
Re-assemble then turn both the air and mixture screws all the way in... then turn them out one and a half turns (this will give you a starting point for fine adjustment once it's running.
Before you start it, make sure the fuel is good. By that I mean does it smell like petrol or has it gone off? it will smell like an old tin of varnish if it's bad.

 

[paul o']

wish i was nr you feller please don't try to start it with the starter motor if it fills up with fuel while you are pressing the button in you will stuff the ring gear as i come to one hard stop again is the plug getting wet still then you still are flooding the head with fuel dry it out again did you have the jets out have you looked at the difram are the jets sitting and ride'g corretly ,do you have a gap set at ?as per settings try again remove plug what state is it in wet ! white, black, if you have another plug try that as plugs can die , if not put some petrol on the clean plug set fire to it getting it hot then as quick as you can put it back in try starting it without the cho'k on also try easy start but don't use it all the time think the last full serice was £200 that inc a repair to a cracked frame and at that price its not worth getting the snap-ons out and saves a long push !

 

[ELMER FUDD]

Old trick we used to use on motorbike plugs was to remove the plug and rub the very bottom with a pencil which excites the spark. Make sure that it is at the very bottom on the metal piece where the gap is.
Another thing we used to do was take off the connector on the top and draw a pencil line downwards to make a connection between the top and where it screws in then replace the top. Good fun for you but a bugger for the bike owner as it causes it to misfire.