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John 4
07-21-2013, 10:04 AM
The guy said he drove this thing into his shed 4 years ago to fix the flat front tire, but never got around to fixing it, so it has sat in his shed for the last 4 years untouched. Now he decided to sell it and it just won't get any spark.
My question is;...is there a specific thing that would cause it not to spark just from sitting? I've already checked all external wires to be sure a child or a mouse hasn't tampered with them and they all look great, so I'm just hoping someone has encountered this before and found it to be a simple fix.?

shortline10
07-21-2013, 10:47 AM
99% of the time its the points . Try gaping them at .015 and if that doesn't work replace them .

90guy
07-21-2013, 10:50 AM
^^^ Times 2 on Shortline! I have to re gap mine and it should be running again. Once a year I have to clean and adjust mine in my 70 >.<