SERVICING INFORMATION 7-8
ELECTRICAL
Complaint
Symptom and possible causes
Remedy
No sparking or poor
sparking.
1. Defective ignition coil or CDI unit.
2. Defective spark plug.
3. Defective pick-up coil or generator coil.
4. Open-circuited wiring connections.
Replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Check and repair.
Spark plug soon
becomes fouled
with carbon.
1. Too rich mixture.
2. Idling speed set too high.
3. Incorrect gasoline.
4. Dirty air cleaner element.
5. Too cold spark plug.
Adjust carburetor.
Adjust carburetor.
Change.
Clean.
Replace with hot type plug.
Spark plug
becomes fouled too
soon.
1. Worn piston rings.
2. Worn piston or cylinder.
3. Excessive clearance of valve stems in valve
guides.
4. Worn stem oil seal.
Replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Spark plug elec-
trodes overheat or
burn.
1. Too hot spark plug.
2. Overheated engine.
3. Loose spark plug.
4. Too lean mixture.
Replace with cold type
plug.
Tune up.
Retighten.
Adjust carburetor.
Generator does not
charge.
1. Open or short-circuited lead wires, or loose lead
connections.
2. Short-circuited, grounded or open generator coil.
3. Short-circuited or punctured regulator/rectifier.
Repair, replace or
retighten.
Replace.
Replace.
Generator does
charge, but charg-
ing rate is below the
specification.
1. Lead wires tend to get shorted or open-circuited
or loosely connected at terminals.
2. Grounded or open-circuited generator coil.
3. Defective regulator/rectifier.
4. Defective cell plates in the battery.
Repair or retighten.
Replace.
Replace.
Replace the battery.
Generator over-
charges.
1. Internal short-circuit in the battery.
2. Damaged or defective regulator/rectifier.
3. Poorly grounded regulator/rectifier.
Replace the battery.
Replace.
Clean and tighten ground
connection.
Unstable charging.
1. Lead wire insulation frayed due to vibration,
resulting in intermittent short-circuiting.
2. Internally short-circuited generator coil.
3. Defective regulator/rectifier.
Repair or replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Starter button is not
effective.
1. Run down battery.
2. Defective switch contacts.
3. Brushes not seating properly on starter motor
commutator.
4. Defective starter relay.
5. Defective fuse.
Repair or replace.
Replace.
Repair or replace.
Replace.
Replace.