Pauter trike

[DAM shop]

Got this one running today, had a heck of a time finding spark, narrowed it down to the stator. Threw on a used carb and a test tank and she fired right up. Someone must have been through this motor at one time it has great compression and doesn’t smoke, a rarity on unknown motors. Time to strip it and put this frame up for sale, we’ll keep the motor for a different flip down the road.
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[pismorat]

Nice ride! Curiousity - how did you narrow it down to the stator? I have a 110 (132cc) that I can't get spark on and am tired of chasing my tail on it. Any other trouble shooting tips?

[DAM shop]

Start with the easy. Points, coil wire, ground, plug and wiring. We eliminated all the wiring on this besides the coil, stator and points so that helped. Checked readings on 2 coils both measured the same so that eliminates the coil. Made sure the points worked as they should took a reading on the stator and noticed a false reading on the two wires.
Eliminate one thing at a time and soon you will be down to the only thing it could be. . Fortunately for us we have a stock pile of parts that we can dip into.
So you have a points or cdi? I myself don’t like cdi trikes to many electrical components, points are much easier imo.

[pismorat]

It's a late 70's points. I set the gap and checked all connections. My hunch is the coil...

[ATC-Eric]

What are you going to ask for the frame? I know a guy that's been looking for something similar.

[DAM shop]

Weighing our options right now Erick, but we price this frame at 4-450, have not decided what we will do yet, have a few folks wanting to do some possible trading