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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 4:18 pm

hey folks. after Friday night's Coney Island ride, by beloved PX shut down & she ain't starting. so Drue and I pulled out the spark plug (which looked fine), tested it.. and found no spark. put in another one, tested it.. still no spark. which we suppose means there is an issue with the coil or one of the various bits and pieces connecting the coil to the plug, like the HT header.. which also looks fine. nothing is disconnected or corroded that we can see.. but then, we don't really know what we're doing, so who knows :oops:

any of you know how one goes about testing a coil? or otherwise troubleshooting said problem..?

cheers in advance, dear friends..

Heather

PS thanks again to all for not giving me shit about riding a motorcycle to a scooter rally :mrgreen:

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plutjen plutjen's Profile BlockParty Planner Posts: 690 Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:00 am Location: Astoria / L.I.C.	Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 5:01 pm First thing to check is that the kill switch isn't shorting out. Remove the switch cover and pull off the green wire going to the kill switch and see if you get spark.
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heather heather's Profile heather's Website Organizer Posts: 849 Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:21 pm Location: Weeeeehawken Scooter Model(s): '05 PX150, '10 triumph thruxton	Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 6:41 pm thanks Peter.. this makes some degree of sense since it rained so much that night.. maybe something got exposed to water that shouldn't have..
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Porn-Hair Porn-Hair's Profile E-mail Porn-Hair 5000cc Scooter Immortal Posts: 8529 Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:25 pm Location: Altantic Ocean Scooter Model(s): 64Smallie, 70VBB, PX150, ItalianJet50, Harley Chop/Bob, BMW GS, Lambretta Jet200	Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:18 pm Heather, Your welcome to barrow a working coil from me... Alan For to see if that's the problem. annuit_coeptis wrote: Huh? Did I say sumthin wrong? Usual Suspects Scooter Club http://www.myspace.com/usualsuspectssc
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heather heather's Profile heather's Website Organizer Posts: 849 Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:21 pm Location: Weeeeehawken Scooter Model(s): '05 PX150, '10 triumph thruxton	Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 10:08 pm Alan, that's amazing, thank you. D & I are going on a bike trip through WV/VA/NC/DC/MD next week.. when we get back I'll be taking you up on that. triple cheers luv h
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heather heather's Profile heather's Website Organizer Posts: 849 Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:21 pm Location: Weeeeehawken Scooter Model(s): '05 PX150, '10 triumph thruxton	Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:10 pm so, an update for the benefit of anyone else with this problem: Drue and I couldn't figure it out, after testing the coil, the kill switch, the fuses, the battery, and the pickup (via the wires coming off the stator). With some 3rd party help, it was determined to be the pickup after all (cheers, Robbie).. Heather
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InfernoST InfernoST's Profile E-mail InfernoST 400cc Maxi-Scooter Posts: 420 Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:01 am Scooter Model(s): 2010 Yager GT 200i (Sold), 2008 Burgman 400	Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:32 am Glad to hear you got to the bottom of it and will be getting your PX back soon. -Keith-
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:06 am

heather wrote:so, an update for the benefit of anyone else with this problem:

Drue and I couldn't figure it out, after testing the coil, the kill switch, the fuses, the battery, and the pickup (via the wires coming off the stator). With some 3rd party help, it was determined to be the pickup after all (cheers, Robbie)..

Heather

How was it determined to be the pickup? Some other way than via the wires coming off the stator?

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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:21 pm

CrazyInNYC wrote:
heather wrote:so, an update for the benefit of anyone else with this problem:

Drue and I couldn't figure it out, after testing the coil, the kill switch, the fuses, the battery, and the pickup (via the wires coming off the stator). With some 3rd party help, it was determined to be the pickup after all (cheers, Robbie)..

Heather

How was it determined to be the pickup? Some other way than via the wires coming off the stator?

I believe he just looked at it, determined it was bad, replaced it, and voila.. not sure what the tell-tale sign was.. perhaps corrosion..

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Nelson Nelson's Profile E-mail Nelson 3000cc Scooter Legend Posts: 3992 Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:31 pm Location: Central Jersey Scooter Model(s): Vespa 1966 Sears Blue Badge 150,1963 TV 175 SIII in Z shoppe,2007 GTV 250	Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:51 pm So... you up and running? Yay! Nelson If you open up a can of worms...expect people to go fishing!!!
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:00 pm

heather wrote:
CrazyInNYC wrote:
heather wrote:so, an update for the benefit of anyone else with this problem:

Drue and I couldn't figure it out, after testing the coil, the kill switch, the fuses, the battery, and the pickup (via the wires coming off the stator). With some 3rd party help, it was determined to be the pickup after all (cheers, Robbie)..

Heather

How was it determined to be the pickup? Some other way than via the wires coming off the stator?

I believe he just looked at it, determined it was bad, replaced it, and voila.. not sure what the tell-tale sign was.. perhaps corrosion..

Or a trained eye...

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nunny.bdsc nunny.bdsc's Profile E-mail nunny.bdsc 50cc Weekend Buzzer Posts: 102 Joined: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:28 pm Location: northern england Scooter Model(s): lambretta series 2 chop(rb22).vespa t5 square back	Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:53 am plutjen wrote:First thing to check is that the kill switch isn't shorting out. Remove the switch cover and pull off the green wire going to the kill switch and see if you get spark. or just pull the green wire off the cdi,which will by pass the switch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovWtObaRDBw
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