kill switch blues
Posted: 09:24 am Dec 07 2006
first off this is general discussion or happenings and I have no specific data. I am a stay at home dad with three boys 5,3,2 so my day is not fill with lots of blank time to ohm things an get exacts I am interrupted my children or wife every 10 minutes.
THE MAIN point
In the past few months I was having intermittent problems with the kill switch working.
then on the last ride the bike started to run very rich.
yesterday after a four hour drive to ride some 60 miles of single track I pulled trusty kdx out and she would not start. fouled plug, no big deal put in a new plug, no start, pulled new plug and it was wet.
ok cleaned and dried the plugs check spark and bang there was enough spark there to give a good jolt or light a fire with from appearances any way.
next I pulled the carb off checked float and jets every thing was good,clean and clear.
years of process analysis and diagnostic kicked in after I settled down and logic said kill switch is it.
so I unplugged the switch and bang she fired on half a kick. ran all day 60 miles good as new.
I will or plan to pull the switch apart and clean the contact areas . my thinking is that crud has built up in the switch allowing some conductivity while the switch is open or in the run position.
what circuit does the kill switch kill ?
is it feasible that you would get some spark with the kill switch activated?
I am thinking there was enough to show but not enough to run with before fouling the plug.
THE MAIN point
In the past few months I was having intermittent problems with the kill switch working.
then on the last ride the bike started to run very rich.
yesterday after a four hour drive to ride some 60 miles of single track I pulled trusty kdx out and she would not start. fouled plug, no big deal put in a new plug, no start, pulled new plug and it was wet.
ok cleaned and dried the plugs check spark and bang there was enough spark there to give a good jolt or light a fire with from appearances any way.
next I pulled the carb off checked float and jets every thing was good,clean and clear.
years of process analysis and diagnostic kicked in after I settled down and logic said kill switch is it.
so I unplugged the switch and bang she fired on half a kick. ran all day 60 miles good as new.
I will or plan to pull the switch apart and clean the contact areas . my thinking is that crud has built up in the switch allowing some conductivity while the switch is open or in the run position.
what circuit does the kill switch kill ?
is it feasible that you would get some spark with the kill switch activated?
I am thinking there was enough to show but not enough to run with before fouling the plug.